I used to be on Comcast and that worked fine until a couple of months ago the latencies started to climb, and my VoIP was barely usable. One party would often drop out for 10-20sec, and the communication sounded like the Verizon guy: "Can you hear me now?"
So I am trying Centurylink right now (the only 2 choices here). The came and installed line and modem ("bonded pair"), and when they left, I had Internet, VoIP, etc. Not sure yet how well that all works. I do have a problem with VPN, though. It is not working. I need it for work and also if I need to access my network from the outside.
The system now consists of the cable modem, connected to a NetGear SafePro firewall and router, and from there into my network. The first thing I noticed was that the cable modem and the Netgear router had the same IP address (192.168.0.1), and both were set up as DHCP server. I tried to disable the cable modem as DHCP router, which killed my internet connection. At the moment, the cable router is set up as 192.168.1.1 and as a DHCP router. The Netgear router has an IP address of 192.168.1.200 on the WAN side, and acts as a DHCP router on the 192.168.0. segment on the LAN side. This seems to work, as I am writing this from within my network
But how do I get the VPN established to my Win2011 SBS Server? I can ping it from the outside (IP address through no-ip.org), but I can't establish a VPN tunnel. The cable has a "VPN" option where I can define a target for the VPN traffic, but if I user the internal IP for the server, it tells me that is is an invalid address (it's on the 192.168.0 segment while the modem is on 192.168.1). Specifying the second routers IP address (192.168.0.200) is accepted, but doesn't work.
Sorry for the long post, but where can I find clear information how to set this up?
Thanks for your help.
So I am trying Centurylink right now (the only 2 choices here). The came and installed line and modem ("bonded pair"), and when they left, I had Internet, VoIP, etc. Not sure yet how well that all works. I do have a problem with VPN, though. It is not working. I need it for work and also if I need to access my network from the outside.
The system now consists of the cable modem, connected to a NetGear SafePro firewall and router, and from there into my network. The first thing I noticed was that the cable modem and the Netgear router had the same IP address (192.168.0.1), and both were set up as DHCP server. I tried to disable the cable modem as DHCP router, which killed my internet connection. At the moment, the cable router is set up as 192.168.1.1 and as a DHCP router. The Netgear router has an IP address of 192.168.1.200 on the WAN side, and acts as a DHCP router on the 192.168.0. segment on the LAN side. This seems to work, as I am writing this from within my network
But how do I get the VPN established to my Win2011 SBS Server? I can ping it from the outside (IP address through no-ip.org), but I can't establish a VPN tunnel. The cable has a "VPN" option where I can define a target for the VPN traffic, but if I user the internal IP for the server, it tells me that is is an invalid address (it's on the 192.168.0 segment while the modem is on 192.168.1). Specifying the second routers IP address (192.168.0.200) is accepted, but doesn't work.
Sorry for the long post, but where can I find clear information how to set this up?
Thanks for your help.
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