Access a VPN server behind a NATS router

[david.cawkwell]

Hello,

I access the internet from a home pc via a broadband router with NATS.
The machine I am using is a Windows 2000 Server. However sometimes I
would like to access this machine from the internet remotely. Because
the server is sitting behind the broadband route with NATS I do not
know the IP address of the machine as this is allocated by DHCP
although I suppose I could change this and allocated fixed IP address
in the 192. range.

My question is what do I need to do to allow me to access this machine
from the internet.
I assume I need to setup a VPN server but it is the bit in between I'm
not sure of.

 

[Robert L [MS-MVP]]

Depending on the router, you may be able to setup Windows VPN on the windows 2000 server. This how to may help,

How to setup VPN You may have two options to setup VPN server on Windows 2003. ... To setup a Windows 2000 server for VPN, open Routing and Remote Access console in the ...
www.howtonetworking.com/Windows/vpnsetup.htm


Bob Lin, MS-MVP, MCSE & CNE
Networking, Internet, Routing, VPN Troubleshooting on http://www.ChicagoTech.net
How to Setup Windows, Network, VPN & Remote Access on http://www.HowToNetworking.com

Hello,

I access the internet from a home pc via a broadband router with NATS.
The machine I am using is a Windows 2000 Server. However sometimes I
would like to access this machine from the internet remotely. Because
the server is sitting behind the broadband route with NATS I do not
know the IP address of the machine as this is allocated by DHCP
although I suppose I could change this and allocated fixed IP address
in the 192. range.

My question is what do I need to do to allow me to access this machine
from the internet.
I assume I need to setup a VPN server but it is the bit in between I'm
not sure of.