| reply to Philmatic
Re: VPN between FVS318 and WinXP? Thanks...guess I will just get the client. I'm surprised you can't just use the built in Windows VPN client (the one you access by going to Network Connections and creating a new VPN connection). |
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| said by gfunkdave:
I'm surprised you can't just use the built in Windows VPN client (the one you access by going to Network Connections and creating a new VPN connection).
That's because the FVS318 uses the more secure and open IPSec standard, not PPTP and L2TP (Both Microsoft beasts). |
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| That makes sense. Trust Microsoft to develop a proprietary system that's not as good as the open source one.
I did get the VPN client and it works...as long as I'm not behind my home wireless router. I thought it was because my private ip address at home is 192.168.0.100, and the private subnet behind the FVS318 is 192.168.0.0, but I changed my home addresses to the 192.168.1.x subnet and it still doesn't work. What does my home private subnet have to be?
To sum up:
FVS318 private IP subnet is 192.168.0.xxx
FVS318 public IP is dynamically assigned but I use dyndns.org for a hostname
My home cable router's public IP is dynamically assigned
My home cable router's private network is on 192.168.1.xxx
The VPN connection fails in Phase 2 unless I plug my laptop directly in to the cable modem, bypassing the router.
Thanks for help,
Dave |
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