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The best soultion is to install a hub or a network switch. If your wireless router has LAN ports then connect your computer with a LAN cable to the wireless router.
The router's PPTP passthrough and IPSec settings assume that you're connecting to an external VPN server on the public side of the network, but it sounds like you're hosting your VPN server inside your local network. If this is the case, you may just want to have your windows VPN box in a DMZ, or get a router that you can exert more control over. Be wary, if you're doing this at a residential location, your internet provider will probably block or "shape" this type of incoming traffic to your local network.
Buy 2 DIR 130 VPN routers and connect the two office networks via LAN-LAN VPN tunnels. If you have the time and skills you can build two IPCOP firewall routers and connect via VPN tunnels (http://sourceforge.net/apps/trac/ipcop/wiki)
What are the settings that you have for your netgear router? Its going to tunnel, right? Try this solutions and see it will work.
1. Access the set-up page of the router, from a browser, type 192.168.1.1
2. Go to VPN tab and select IP SEC VPN
3. Local Security Group, set it to subnet and input the Network Address of the router (LAN IP - 192.168.1.0)
4. Remote Security Group, set it to subnet and input the Network Address of the netgear router (LAN IP, for example - 192.168.2.0)
5. Remote Secure Group, set it to IP only, WAN IP address of the netgear router
6. For Key Managemnt, just make sure that all settings are identical with the netgear router
7. Last go to Advanced Settings and make sure that group settings are identical to the netgear router
Yes it helps to know that, thanks. If you are using similar flavors of "Windows" at both ends and the VPN is setup correctly then file-sharing should be relatively easy to accomplish.
Do you already share files on each discrete network locally?
This example will demonstrate how to create a Virtual private Network (VPN) between two remote locations through the Internet. The VPN policy will use 3DES IPSec to securely send/receive encrypted data over the Internet. When the VPN tunnel is enabled, the two offices will virtually appear to be on the same local network.
This example will consist of two DI-804V VPN Routers with a simple setup. The two remote offices in this example will be known as Office A and Office B. Both VPN Routers must already be set up and able to access each other. This is only an example, your setup will vary using the WAN IP address provided by your ISP.
Please note the differences in the IP addresses for each office.
We will begin by configuring the DI-804V at Office A. Start by going into VPN Settings under the Basic Setup menu.
Step 1. In the Connection Name field, type in OfficeA. Click ADD.
Step 2. A properties screen will appear for the new connection you have made. Fill in the appropriate information for Office A:
Connection Name: OfficeA
Local IPSEC Identifier: Local
Remote IPSEC Identifier: Remote
Remote IP Network: 192.168.1.0
Remote IP Netmask: 255.255.255.0
Remote Gateway IP: 192.170.0.2
Network Interface: WAN ETHERNET
Secure Association: IKE
Perfect Forward Secure: Enabled
PreShared Key: 123456
Key Life: 28800
IKE Life Time: 3600
Step 3 Click SAVE. There should now be a VPN policy created for Office A. Now you will want to Save & Restart the DI-804V.
Note: 123456 is an example of a preshared key, please fill in any secret preshared key you desire. Keep in mind that both sites require the same preshared key.
Office A setup is now complete, we will now configure Office B with the other DI-804V, Follow the same steps previously with Ofice A to create a VPN policy.
Step 1 Please change the appropriate information.
Connection Name: OfficeB
Local IPSEC Identifier: Local
Remote IPSEC Identifier: Remote
Remote IP Network: 192.168.0.0
Remote IP Netmask: 255.255.255.0
Remote Gateway IP: 192.170.0.1
Network Interface: WAN ETHERNET
Secure Association: IKE
Perfect Forward Secure: Enabled
PreShared Key: 123456
Key Life: 28800
IKE Life Time: 3600
Step 2 Click SAVE. There should now be a VPN policy created for Office B. Now you will want to Save & Restart the DI-804V.
After the VPN policies have been created for the two Offices, the two remote locations should authenticate and connect. To view the status of the VPN connection, go to the Device Status menu. On the bottom-left side of the menu, click on the VPN Status icon.
A VPN Status pop-up screen will appear showing VPN connection status. If a VPN tunnel is active, the State should indicate Q-Estab.
Go to a DOS prompt and ping the internal IP address of the remote network.
Step 1: Log into the web based configuration of the router by typing in the IP address of the router (default: 192.168.0.1) in your web browser. By default the username is admin and there is no password.
Step 2: Click the VPN button on the left column, select the checkbox to Enable the VPN, and then in the box next to Max. number of tunnels, enter the maximum numbers of VPN tunnels that you would like to have connected.
Step 3: In the space provided, enter the Tunnel Name for ID number 1, select IKE, and then click More.
Step 4: In the Local Subnet and Local Netmask fields enter the network identifier for DI-804HV´s LAN and the corresponding subnet mask.
Step 5: In the Remote Subnet and Remote Netmask fields enter the network identifier for the DI-804V´s LAN and the corresponding subnet mask.
Step 6: In the Remote Gateway field enter the WAN IP address of the remote DI-804V and in the Preshared Key field, enter a key which must be exactly the same as the Preshared Key that is configured on the DI-804V.
Step 7: Click Apply and then click on Select IKE Proposal...
Step 8: Enter a name for proposal ID number 1 and select Group 2 from the DH Group drop-down menu.
Step 9: Select 3DES as the Encryption Algorithm and SHA-1 as the Authentication Algorithm.
Step 10: Enter a Lifetime value of 28800 and then select Sec. as the unit for the lifetime value.
Step 11: Select 1 out of the Proposal ID drop-down menu and click Add To, which will add the proposal that was just configured to the IKE Proposal Index. Click Apply and then click Back.
Step 12: Click on Select IPSec Proposal...
Step 13: Enter a name for proposal ID number 1 and select None from the DH Group drop-down menu.
Step 14: Select ESP as the Encapsulation Protocol.
Step 15: Select 3DES as the Encryption Algorithm and MD5 as the Authentication Algorithm.
Step 16: Enter a Lifetime value of 3600 and then select Sec. as the unit for the lifetime value.
Step 17: Select 1 out of the Proposal ID dropdown menu and click Add To, which will add the proposal that was just configured to the IPSec Proposal Index. Click Apply and then click Restart.
Configuring the DI-804V:
Step 1: Access the router?s web configuration by entering the router?s IP address in your web browser. The default IP address is 192.168.0.1. Login using your password. The default username is admin and the password is blank.
Help Accessing Web Management
Step 2: Click on Basic Setup and then select Device IP Settings on the left.
Step 3: Change the LAN IP address so that it is on a different subnet than the LAN of the DI-804HV (ie 192.168.1.1).
Step 4: Click Next until you reach the Save & Restart screen. Click Save & Restart and then click Basic Setup once the unit has rebooted.
Step 3: Click on VPN Settings.
Step 4: Name your VPN connection and click ADD.
Step 5: In Remote IP Network and Remote IP Netmask fields enter the network identifier and corresponding subnet mask of the DI-804HV´s LAN.
Step 6: In the Remote Gateway IP field enter the WAN IP address of the DI-804HV and make sure that the Network Interface is set to WAN Ethernet.
Step 7: Verify that Secure Association is set to IKE and that Perfect Forward Secure is Disabled.
Step 8: Verify the Encryption Protocol is set to 3DES and enter in your Preshared Key.
The Preshared Key needs to be identical to the one configured on the DI-804HV
Step 9: Leave the Key Life and IKE Life Time values at their default levels and click SAVE.
Step 10: Click Next and then click on Save & Restart
Establishing a connection:
Step 1: Open a command prompt (Start > Run and type CMD) and from a computer on the internal LAN of the DI-804HV, ping the IP address of a computer that is on the internal LAN of the DI-804V, or vice versa.
Step 2: Once you begin to receive replies, the VPN connection has been established.
Step 3: To view the Status of the VPN on the DI-804V, click on Device Status.
Step 4: From the Device Status screen click on VPN Status.
Step 5: When the VPN has been established, the Status will be Active.
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