| reply to fms007
Re: VPN Connection You're doing fine, fms007. You know, I have been doing this for a very long time but learning is a life long thing. What we don't teach ourselves, we learn from each other. That's what BBR is for. Somtimes, I am the teacher and other times I am the student too. You will be too. 
It's all good with what you have shown with IPs. I was fairly sure you used an example IP for the WAN (and dyn name too), but I have seen people make that mistake and thought I should mention it just in case for your sake. It's fine you showed the actual LAN IPs. No security issue there at all. In fact, it makes it a heck of a lot less confusing that you do.
Ok, based on what you have provided, I am getting a good picture on what your needs are and have. As for my question on dual homed, dual homed is when 2 networks exist in the same PC. This is the 2 network connections you have in each. This is sometimes done to separate your networks for certain functionalities as well as some security features. For you, it's just making things more complicated than they need be for what you really want, and getting things configured (not to mention working right).
I am going to swing back to RDP (and VPN) in a bit, but first I am going to ask you to bridge your networks in each PC. It's better we do this now before continuing to configure things and have to change it. What we will end up with is 1 network connection (and IP) after bridging the ETHERNET-ETHERNET connections together in SERVER, and after bridging the ETHERNET-USB connections in CLIENT. Each new single connection will have the functionality the 2 did, but now combined.
Normally, this is seamless and works well, but I do have a small ? that your modem/router will act as I hope it will because of the odd setup you're using (and not with a hub/switch). Bridging is easily undone, so if there is an issue we can undo it.
I want you to go to your Network Connections folder in SERVER, and select both Ethernet adapter BSNL Broadband' and 'Ethernet adapter SERVER LAN:' by holding down CTRL key.
Then, right-click and select BRIDGE CONNECTIONS.
After that is done, right-click on the newly created NETWORK BRIDGE and select properties.
Go to TCPIP, and double click for advanced properties.
Add in your network settings that you had for 'Ethernet adapter BSNL Broadband' before.
Ethernet adapter BSNL Broadband:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) 82566DC-2 Gigabit Network Connection
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-1B-B0-17-AA-BG
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.2
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 215.239.204.280
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215.239.225.138
Follow the same steps for CLIENT, selecting the Ethernet adapter 'CLIENT LAN' and 'Ethernet adapter BSNL Broadband' and then adding the TCPIP configuration to that bridge that you had for 'Ethernet adapter BSNL Broadband'.
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : D-Link USB Remote NDIS Network Device
Physical Address. . . . . . . . : 00-0H-2E-82-C1-E7
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . : No
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.4
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . .: 192.168.1.1
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . .: 215.239.204.280
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215.239.225.138
In BOTH PCs, I want you to make one account with the same username and same password. You can either make new ones, or you can convert your existing accounts that you called CLIENT on CLIENT, and SERVER on SERVER by going to:
START->RUN
Type: control userpasswords2 (exactly as that)
OK
Once the User Accounts panel opens, you can select the SERVER username (on SERVER), double click, and change the username to CLIENT-SERVER (or whatever you want).
Do the same on CLIENT for the CLIENT username, changing that also to CLIENT-SERVER (or whatever.. as long as it is the same on both SERVER and CLIENT, and the passwords match).
This will not take effect until you logoff, but I will have you shut down now instead to set the networking too.
Stut down each PC.
While those are both OFF, Reboot your modem/router.
When all lights indicate it's back online and ready, boot up both PCS.
Now TEST each PC for outward connection to the net, and connecting to each other's shares as you had before.
Make sure your new logon works on each too ('CLIENT-SERVER' or whatever).
Also, go to each SERVER and CLIENT and print out a new ip config/all to a text file and paste it in your next post.
Report back your results. |
