Connecting a Public Network PC (Library) to a Private Network (Hom

[mickey]

I currently have a simple home-network, comprising a single laptop PC, a
wireless netgear router, and a verizon DSL modem. There is a Belkin "USB
Network Hub" connected to the router that can present any USB device to the
PC (e.g. a flash drive, etc.). The network is functioning correctly, the PC
can access the internet, and a flash-drive connected to the Belkin appears as
a drive on the PC.

I would like the same connectivity to my home network when I take my laptop
to a public network, such as my local library. Currently the only device
that is seen by the internet is the DSL modem (the Router looks like
192.168.1.47 to the Modem, and looks like 10.0.0.1 to the home network.

I initially used the modem configuration tools to set the router up as a DMZ
Host, and it then became directly visable to the internet with it's own
internet IP. I have since learned that setting up a VPN with Port-Forwarding
would be better, as the router would not need to been seen by the network. I
cancelled the DMZ-Host, and used the modem VPN port-forwarding tool, which
established three ports (5500, 5800, and 5900) into the router. On the PC I
setup a VPN connection set to the modem IP, however when I try to connect
(entering the username and password of the modem) it fails to connect. I
even tried the routers username and password and it also fails.

What have I leftout, did wrong, misunderstood, etc.

Any help would be appreciated.

X

 

[Sooner Al [MVP]]

In your situation I would highly recommend using a free version of a product
like Hamachi. I believe it would be better than trying to figure out a
Virtual Private Network [VPN] or Virtual Network Computing [VNC] which you
appear to be mixing up.

https://secure.logmein.com/products/hamachi/vpn.asp?lang=en

Hamachi (the basic version) is a free VPN system. As a prelude to setting up
Hamachi go into your router config pages and close any open ports you
opened, ie. specifically TCP Ports 5500/5800/5900 and any others you opened,
and make sure UPnP is supported. Also make sure your DMZ mode is disabled.

You can get support on the Hamachi support forums...

https://forums.hamachi.cc/

Good luck...

--

Al Jarvi (MS-MVP Windows – Desktop User Experience)

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[mickey]

Thanks for the reply Sooner Al,

I actually openned the ports through the DSL Modem, which has it's own
firewall. I did this because it's the modem that has a unique Internet IP,
my router was given 192.168.1.47 by the modem. My router only had an IP
visable to the Internet when I made it a DMZ host through the modem tools. I
have since cancelled the DMZ hosting function. I will also close the ports
through the MODEM and look into Hamachi. However, even with Hamachi, am I
not going to need to do some port-forwarding somewhere?

X.

In your situation I would highly recommend using a free version of a product
like Hamachi. I believe it would be better than trying to figure out a
Virtual Private Network [VPN] or Virtual Network Computing [VNC] which you
appear to be mixing up.

https://secure.logmein.com/products/hamachi/vpn.asp?lang=en

Hamachi (the basic version) is a free VPN system. As a prelude to setting up
Hamachi go into your router config pages and close any open ports you
opened, ie. specifically TCP Ports 5500/5800/5900 and any others you opened,
and make sure UPnP is supported. Also make sure your DMZ mode is disabled.

You can get support on the Hamachi support forums...

https://forums.hamachi.cc/

Good luck...

--

Al Jarvi (MS-MVP Windows – Desktop User Experience)

Please post *ALL* questions and replies to the news group for the
mutual benefit of all of us...
The MS-MVP Program - http://mvp.support.microsoft.com
This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
rights...
How to ask a question
http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375

I currently have a simple home-network, comprising a single laptop PC, a
wireless netgear router, and a verizon DSL modem. There is a Belkin "USB
Network Hub" connected to the router that can present any USB device to
the
PC (e.g. a flash drive, etc.). The network is functioning correctly, the
PC
can access the internet, and a flash-drive connected to the Belkin appears
as
a drive on the PC.

I would like the same connectivity to my home network when I take my
laptop
to a public network, such as my local library. Currently the only device
that is seen by the internet is the DSL modem (the Router looks like
192.168.1.47 to the Modem, and looks like 10.0.0.1 to the home network.

I initially used the modem configuration tools to set the router up as a
DMZ
Host, and it then became directly visable to the internet with it's own
internet IP. I have since learned that setting up a VPN with
Port-Forwarding
would be better, as the router would not need to been seen by the network.
I
cancelled the DMZ-Host, and used the modem VPN port-forwarding tool, which
established three ports (5500, 5800, and 5900) into the router. On the PC
I
setup a VPN connection set to the modem IP, however when I try to connect
(entering the username and password of the modem) it fails to connect. I
even tried the routers username and password and it also fails.

What have I leftout, did wrong, misunderstood, etc.

Any help would be appreciated.

X

 

[mickey]

Sooner Al,

A quick check of Hamachi (i.e. "How it works") appears to suggest that two
computers are required to establish a network. My intent was to simply
connect with my router, that's behind the firewalled-DSL-modem, from the
internet having the same connectivity I get when my PC is connected directly
to the home-network.

M.

In your situation I would highly recommend using a free version of a product
like Hamachi. I believe it would be better than trying to figure out a
Virtual Private Network [VPN] or Virtual Network Computing [VNC] which you
appear to be mixing up.

https://secure.logmein.com/products/hamachi/vpn.asp?lang=en

Hamachi (the basic version) is a free VPN system. As a prelude to setting up
Hamachi go into your router config pages and close any open ports you
opened, ie. specifically TCP Ports 5500/5800/5900 and any others you opened,
and make sure UPnP is supported. Also make sure your DMZ mode is disabled.

You can get support on the Hamachi support forums...

https://forums.hamachi.cc/

Good luck...

--

Al Jarvi (MS-MVP Windows – Desktop User Experience)

Please post *ALL* questions and replies to the news group for the
mutual benefit of all of us...
The MS-MVP Program - http://mvp.support.microsoft.com
This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
rights...
How to ask a question
http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375

I currently have a simple home-network, comprising a single laptop PC, a
wireless netgear router, and a verizon DSL modem. There is a Belkin "USB
Network Hub" connected to the router that can present any USB device to
the
PC (e.g. a flash drive, etc.). The network is functioning correctly, the
PC
can access the internet, and a flash-drive connected to the Belkin appears
as
a drive on the PC.

I would like the same connectivity to my home network when I take my
laptop
to a public network, such as my local library. Currently the only device
that is seen by the internet is the DSL modem (the Router looks like
192.168.1.47 to the Modem, and looks like 10.0.0.1 to the home network.

I initially used the modem configuration tools to set the router up as a
DMZ
Host, and it then became directly visable to the internet with it's own
internet IP. I have since learned that setting up a VPN with
Port-Forwarding
would be better, as the router would not need to been seen by the network.
I
cancelled the DMZ-Host, and used the modem VPN port-forwarding tool, which
established three ports (5500, 5800, and 5900) into the router. On the PC
I
setup a VPN connection set to the modem IP, however when I try to connect
(entering the username and password of the modem) it fails to connect. I
even tried the routers username and password and it also fails.

What have I leftout, did wrong, misunderstood, etc.

Any help would be appreciated.

X

 

[Sooner Al [MVP]]

Oh, I see what you mean after rereading your original post.

Hmmm...

I am not sure you can do that unless the router itself had a built-in VPN
server function or the Belkin USB hub device had a remote access function.
I know some consumer grade routers can be loaded with third-party firmware
like DD-WRT that includes a VPN or SSH server function.

What make and model router, Belkin USB hub and DSL modem do you have? That
information may be of help getting an answer from someone else.

Sorry I could not be of further help...

Good luck...

--

Al Jarvi (MS-MVP Windows – Desktop User Experience)

Please post *ALL* questions and replies to the news group for the
mutual benefit of all of us...
The MS-MVP Program - http://mvp.support.microsoft.com
This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
rights...
How to ask a question
http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375

Sooner Al,

A quick check of Hamachi (i.e. "How it works") appears to suggest that two
computers are required to establish a network. My intent was to simply
connect with my router, that's behind the firewalled-DSL-modem, from the
internet having the same connectivity I get when my PC is connected
directly
to the home-network.

M.

In your situation I would highly recommend using a free version of a
product
like Hamachi. I believe it would be better than trying to figure out a
Virtual Private Network [VPN] or Virtual Network Computing [VNC] which
you
appear to be mixing up.

https://secure.logmein.com/products/hamachi/vpn.asp?lang=en

Hamachi (the basic version) is a free VPN system. As a prelude to setting
up
Hamachi go into your router config pages and close any open ports you
opened, ie. specifically TCP Ports 5500/5800/5900 and any others you
opened,
and make sure UPnP is supported. Also make sure your DMZ mode is
disabled.

You can get support on the Hamachi support forums...

https://forums.hamachi.cc/

Good luck...

--

Al Jarvi (MS-MVP Windows – Desktop User Experience)

Please post *ALL* questions and replies to the news group for the
mutual benefit of all of us...
The MS-MVP Program - http://mvp.support.microsoft.com
This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
rights...
How to ask a question
http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375

I currently have a simple home-network, comprising a single laptop PC, a
wireless netgear router, and a verizon DSL modem. There is a Belkin
"USB
Network Hub" connected to the router that can present any USB device to
the
PC (e.g. a flash drive, etc.). The network is functioning correctly,
the
PC
can access the internet, and a flash-drive connected to the Belkin
appears
as
a drive on the PC.

I would like the same connectivity to my home network when I take my
laptop
to a public network, such as my local library. Currently the only
device
that is seen by the internet is the DSL modem (the Router looks like
192.168.1.47 to the Modem, and looks like 10.0.0.1 to the home network.

I initially used the modem configuration tools to set the router up as
a
DMZ
Host, and it then became directly visable to the internet with it's own
internet IP. I have since learned that setting up a VPN with
Port-Forwarding
would be better, as the router would not need to been seen by the
network.
I
cancelled the DMZ-Host, and used the modem VPN port-forwarding tool,
which
established three ports (5500, 5800, and 5900) into the router. On the
PC
I
setup a VPN connection set to the modem IP, however when I try to
connect
(entering the username and password of the modem) it fails to connect.
I
even tried the routers username and password and it also fails.

What have I leftout, did wrong, misunderstood, etc.

Any help would be appreciated.

X

 

[mickey]

It's a Netgear Router, model WPN824NA, that supports port-forwarding and
UPnP. The Belkin is just a USB Hub that converts USB devices to ethernet.

What I though I had to do was port-forward, using the modem firewall tools,
which did automatically open three ports to the router (I thought that
perhaps the router was one port, the belkin was the second, and the single
USB device connected to the belkin was the third). I established a VPN
connection on the Laptop (using the IP of the router, because that's the only
thing visable to the internet (unless I set the router as a DMZ Host). But,
the Laptop failed to connect to the modem.

M.

Oh, I see what you mean after rereading your original post.

Hmmm...

I am not sure you can do that unless the router itself had a built-in VPN
server function or the Belkin USB hub device had a remote access function.
I know some consumer grade routers can be loaded with third-party firmware
like DD-WRT that includes a VPN or SSH server function.

What make and model router, Belkin USB hub and DSL modem do you have? That
information may be of help getting an answer from someone else.

Sorry I could not be of further help...

Good luck...

--

Al Jarvi (MS-MVP Windows – Desktop User Experience)

Please post *ALL* questions and replies to the news group for the
mutual benefit of all of us...
The MS-MVP Program - http://mvp.support.microsoft.com
This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
rights...
How to ask a question
http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375

Sooner Al,

A quick check of Hamachi (i.e. "How it works") appears to suggest that two
computers are required to establish a network. My intent was to simply
connect with my router, that's behind the firewalled-DSL-modem, from the
internet having the same connectivity I get when my PC is connected
directly
to the home-network.

M.

In your situation I would highly recommend using a free version of a
product
like Hamachi. I believe it would be better than trying to figure out a
Virtual Private Network [VPN] or Virtual Network Computing [VNC] which
you
appear to be mixing up.

https://secure.logmein.com/products/hamachi/vpn.asp?lang=en

Hamachi (the basic version) is a free VPN system. As a prelude to setting
up
Hamachi go into your router config pages and close any open ports you
opened, ie. specifically TCP Ports 5500/5800/5900 and any others you
opened,
and make sure UPnP is supported. Also make sure your DMZ mode is
disabled.

You can get support on the Hamachi support forums...

https://forums.hamachi.cc/

Good luck...

--

Al Jarvi (MS-MVP Windows – Desktop User Experience)

Please post *ALL* questions and replies to the news group for the
mutual benefit of all of us...
The MS-MVP Program - http://mvp.support.microsoft.com
This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
rights...
How to ask a question
http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375

I currently have a simple home-network, comprising a single laptop PC, a
wireless netgear router, and a verizon DSL modem. There is a Belkin
"USB
Network Hub" connected to the router that can present any USB device to
the
PC (e.g. a flash drive, etc.). The network is functioning correctly,
the
PC
can access the internet, and a flash-drive connected to the Belkin
appears
as
a drive on the PC.

I would like the same connectivity to my home network when I take my
laptop
to a public network, such as my local library. Currently the only
device
that is seen by the internet is the DSL modem (the Router looks like
192.168.1.47 to the Modem, and looks like 10.0.0.1 to the home network.

I initially used the modem configuration tools to set the router up as
a
DMZ
Host, and it then became directly visable to the internet with it's own
internet IP. I have since learned that setting up a VPN with
Port-Forwarding
would be better, as the router would not need to been seen by the
network.
I
cancelled the DMZ-Host, and used the modem VPN port-forwarding tool,
which
established three ports (5500, 5800, and 5900) into the router. On the
PC
I
setup a VPN connection set to the modem IP, however when I try to
connect
(entering the username and password of the modem) it fails to connect.
I
even tried the routers username and password and it also fails.

What have I leftout, did wrong, misunderstood, etc.

Any help would be appreciated.

X

 

[mickey]

Sooner Al<

I looked up the specs of my Router and here is some relevant information:
"Supports 2 VPN pass-through tunnels (IPSec, L2TP, PPTP)"

M.

Oh, I see what you mean after rereading your original post.

Hmmm...

I am not sure you can do that unless the router itself had a built-in VPN
server function or the Belkin USB hub device had a remote access function.
I know some consumer grade routers can be loaded with third-party firmware
like DD-WRT that includes a VPN or SSH server function.

What make and model router, Belkin USB hub and DSL modem do you have? That
information may be of help getting an answer from someone else.

Sorry I could not be of further help...

Good luck...

--

Al Jarvi (MS-MVP Windows – Desktop User Experience)

Please post *ALL* questions and replies to the news group for the
mutual benefit of all of us...
The MS-MVP Program - http://mvp.support.microsoft.com
This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
rights...
How to ask a question
http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375

Sooner Al,

A quick check of Hamachi (i.e. "How it works") appears to suggest that two
computers are required to establish a network. My intent was to simply
connect with my router, that's behind the firewalled-DSL-modem, from the
internet having the same connectivity I get when my PC is connected
directly
to the home-network.

M.

In your situation I would highly recommend using a free version of a
product
like Hamachi. I believe it would be better than trying to figure out a
Virtual Private Network [VPN] or Virtual Network Computing [VNC] which
you
appear to be mixing up.

https://secure.logmein.com/products/hamachi/vpn.asp?lang=en

Hamachi (the basic version) is a free VPN system. As a prelude to setting
up
Hamachi go into your router config pages and close any open ports you
opened, ie. specifically TCP Ports 5500/5800/5900 and any others you
opened,
and make sure UPnP is supported. Also make sure your DMZ mode is
disabled.

You can get support on the Hamachi support forums...

https://forums.hamachi.cc/

Good luck...

--

Al Jarvi (MS-MVP Windows – Desktop User Experience)

Please post *ALL* questions and replies to the news group for the
mutual benefit of all of us...
The MS-MVP Program - http://mvp.support.microsoft.com
This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
rights...
How to ask a question
http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375

I currently have a simple home-network, comprising a single laptop PC, a
wireless netgear router, and a verizon DSL modem. There is a Belkin
"USB
Network Hub" connected to the router that can present any USB device to
the
PC (e.g. a flash drive, etc.). The network is functioning correctly,
the
PC
can access the internet, and a flash-drive connected to the Belkin
appears
as
a drive on the PC.

I would like the same connectivity to my home network when I take my
laptop
to a public network, such as my local library. Currently the only
device
that is seen by the internet is the DSL modem (the Router looks like
192.168.1.47 to the Modem, and looks like 10.0.0.1 to the home network.

I initially used the modem configuration tools to set the router up as
a
DMZ
Host, and it then became directly visable to the internet with it's own
internet IP. I have since learned that setting up a VPN with
Port-Forwarding
would be better, as the router would not need to been seen by the
network.
I
cancelled the DMZ-Host, and used the modem VPN port-forwarding tool,
which
established three ports (5500, 5800, and 5900) into the router. On the
PC
I
setup a VPN connection set to the modem IP, however when I try to
connect
(entering the username and password of the modem) it fails to connect.
I
even tried the routers username and password and it also fails.

What have I leftout, did wrong, misunderstood, etc.

Any help would be appreciated.

X

 

[Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]]

Thanks for the reply Sooner Al,

I actually openned the ports through the DSL Modem, which has it's own
firewall. I did this because it's the modem that has a unique
Internet IP, my router was given 192.168.1.47 by the modem.

That means you've got double NAT going on now, then. This is going to cause
problems.

My
router only had an IP visable to the Internet when I made it a DMZ
host through the modem tools. I have since cancelled the DMZ hosting
function. I will also close the ports through the MODEM and look
into Hamachi. However, even with Hamachi, am I not going to need to
do some port-forwarding somewhere?

Yes. You should disable NAT and filtering on your Internet modem, and
configure your own firewall appliance to filter or allow the traffic you
want/don't want.

That said, though, the fact that your current Netgear device supports VPN
passthrough won't help you unless you set up VPN on your own computer to
allow inbound connections. Tthis should work once you've taken care of the
above. It'd be better to replace the Netgear with one that can act as an
IPSEC VPN endpoint, if you ask me. PPTP isn't very secure.

X.

In your situation I would highly recommend using a free version of a
product like Hamachi. I believe it would be better than trying to
figure out a Virtual Private Network [VPN] or Virtual Network
Computing [VNC] which you appear to be mixing up.

https://secure.logmein.com/products/hamachi/vpn.asp?lang=en

Hamachi (the basic version) is a free VPN system. As a prelude to
setting up Hamachi go into your router config pages and close any
open ports you opened, ie. specifically TCP Ports 5500/5800/5900 and
any others you opened, and make sure UPnP is supported. Also make
sure your DMZ mode is disabled.

You can get support on the Hamachi support forums...

https://forums.hamachi.cc/

Good luck...

--

Al Jarvi (MS-MVP Windows - Desktop User Experience)

Please post *ALL* questions and replies to the news group for the
mutual benefit of all of us...
The MS-MVP Program - http://mvp.support.microsoft.com
This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
rights...
How to ask a question
http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375

I currently have a simple home-network, comprising a single laptop
PC, a wireless netgear router, and a verizon DSL modem. There is a
Belkin "USB Network Hub" connected to the router that can present
any USB device to the
PC (e.g. a flash drive, etc.). The network is functioning
correctly, the PC
can access the internet, and a flash-drive connected to the Belkin
appears as
a drive on the PC.

I would like the same connectivity to my home network when I take my
laptop
to a public network, such as my local library. Currently the only
device that is seen by the internet is the DSL modem (the Router
looks like 192.168.1.47 to the Modem, and looks like 10.0.0.1 to
the home network.

I initially used the modem configuration tools to set the router up
as a DMZ
Host, and it then became directly visable to the internet with it's
own internet IP. I have since learned that setting up a VPN with
Port-Forwarding
would be better, as the router would not need to been seen by the
network. I
cancelled the DMZ-Host, and used the modem VPN port-forwarding
tool, which established three ports (5500, 5800, and 5900) into the
router. On the PC I
setup a VPN connection set to the modem IP, however when I try to
connect (entering the username and password of the modem) it fails
to connect. I even tried the routers username and password and it
also fails.

What have I leftout, did wrong, misunderstood, etc.

Any help would be appreciated.

X

 

[mickey]

Lanwench,

If I understand you correctly, a second PC with VPN would only allow me to
see the resources of that PC. I think what you and "Sooner Al" are
suggesting is that I need a Router that can serve as a VPN server (not just a
pass-thru) , then I would be able to see the home network resources on the
internet Laptop. The one I currently have appears to only be a pass-thru.

However, wouldn't I need to port-forward through the modem firewall to the
router, as the router is not seen by the internet?

M.

Thanks for the reply Sooner Al,

I actually openned the ports through the DSL Modem, which has it's own
firewall. I did this because it's the modem that has a unique
Internet IP, my router was given 192.168.1.47 by the modem.

That means you've got double NAT going on now, then. This is going to cause
problems.

My
router only had an IP visable to the Internet when I made it a DMZ
host through the modem tools. I have since cancelled the DMZ hosting
function. I will also close the ports through the MODEM and look
into Hamachi. However, even with Hamachi, am I not going to need to
do some port-forwarding somewhere?

Yes. You should disable NAT and filtering on your Internet modem, and
configure your own firewall appliance to filter or allow the traffic you
want/don't want.

That said, though, the fact that your current Netgear device supports VPN
passthrough won't help you unless you set up VPN on your own computer to
allow inbound connections. Tthis should work once you've taken care of the
above. It'd be better to replace the Netgear with one that can act as an
IPSEC VPN endpoint, if you ask me. PPTP isn't very secure.

X.

In your situation I would highly recommend using a free version of a
product like Hamachi. I believe it would be better than trying to
figure out a Virtual Private Network [VPN] or Virtual Network
Computing [VNC] which you appear to be mixing up.

https://secure.logmein.com/products/hamachi/vpn.asp?lang=en

Hamachi (the basic version) is a free VPN system. As a prelude to
setting up Hamachi go into your router config pages and close any
open ports you opened, ie. specifically TCP Ports 5500/5800/5900 and
any others you opened, and make sure UPnP is supported. Also make
sure your DMZ mode is disabled.

You can get support on the Hamachi support forums...

https://forums.hamachi.cc/

Good luck...

--

Al Jarvi (MS-MVP Windows - Desktop User Experience)

Please post *ALL* questions and replies to the news group for the
mutual benefit of all of us...
The MS-MVP Program - http://mvp.support.microsoft.com
This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
rights...
How to ask a question
http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375

I currently have a simple home-network, comprising a single laptop
PC, a wireless netgear router, and a verizon DSL modem. There is a
Belkin "USB Network Hub" connected to the router that can present
any USB device to the
PC (e.g. a flash drive, etc.). The network is functioning
correctly, the PC
can access the internet, and a flash-drive connected to the Belkin
appears as
a drive on the PC.

I would like the same connectivity to my home network when I take my
laptop
to a public network, such as my local library. Currently the only
device that is seen by the internet is the DSL modem (the Router
looks like 192.168.1.47 to the Modem, and looks like 10.0.0.1 to
the home network.

I initially used the modem configuration tools to set the router up
as a DMZ
Host, and it then became directly visable to the internet with it's
own internet IP. I have since learned that setting up a VPN with
Port-Forwarding
would be better, as the router would not need to been seen by the
network. I
cancelled the DMZ-Host, and used the modem VPN port-forwarding
tool, which established three ports (5500, 5800, and 5900) into the
router. On the PC I
setup a VPN connection set to the modem IP, however when I try to
connect (entering the username and password of the modem) it fails
to connect. I even tried the routers username and password and it
also fails.

What have I leftout, did wrong, misunderstood, etc.

Any help would be appreciated.

X

 

[Sooner Al [MVP]]

That is what I am saying, you either need a router that can act as a VPN or
SSH server or you need a PC on the home LAN that can act as a VPN or SSH
server.

As noted by "Lanwench" you would also either need to put the DSL modem into
a bridge or pass-through mode or configure port forwarding through the DSL
modem. In addition you would need to configure port forwarding through the
other router, ie. the current Netgear device for example if you ran a PC on
your network as a VPN or SSH server.

If the second router, ie. a replacement for the current Netgear, could act
as a VPN or SSH server then you would only need to configure the DSL modem
into a bridge or pass-through mode or configure port forwarding to the
VPN/SSH end-point type router.

Beyond that I have no idea how you will accomplish what you want to do.
Hopefully others can help with that.

Good luck...

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[mickey]

Thanks "Sooner Al" and "Lanwench".

I'm going to look into a checkout a new router - Netgear looks like they
have a couple with VPN support.

M.

 

[Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]]

Thanks "Sooner Al" and "Lanwench".

I'm going to look into a checkout a new router - Netgear looks like
they have a couple with VPN support.

M.

They do.