VPN new boy

[Deleted member 11679]

Need some help, I may be completely missing the point of all this and any advice would be most appreciated.

I have a Netgear FVS114 Firewall sat in an office connected to a router which holds a static I.P address. I have followed the Wizard to allow me to set up a VPN at the Firewall end with straightforward settings it chose.

I have ran Windows VPN client but when I go to 'Connect' to the Network it just comes up with a message saying the I.P address or Network could not be reached.

I have pinged the I.P address, this is fine, but I cannot connect...any ideas?

The Firewall does not have a server sat behind it by the way. The aim is to connect to one of the 3 PC's behind it but I presume to just logging in to the VPN will allow me to see the PC's shared folders as just network places?

I may be being a bit vague here so just shout up what info is needed.

Tom

 

[Deleted member 11679]

Anyone?

 

[csmager]

Is the router operating in NAT mode? If it is, it won't forward any ports back to the firewall, so consequently nothing's going to work.

 

[Deleted member 11679]

Right, need to check this. Someone has setup on their PC a version of VNC and are connected to 1 of the PC's in the office. Unfortunately I cannot get these settings but would this indicate NAT is running?

Thanks,

Tom

 

[attman]

NAT is very likely running.

You need to make sure that the Router supports VPN passthru too.

Is the Netgear setup as a PPTP server or IPSec server?

You cannot just browse and see other devices on the network, you'll have to map directly to a device.

What do you really need to do? Perhaps you could get away with a Remote Desktop type approach like www.logmein.com that doesnt require any firewall/router config. Logmemin is free BTW..