Re: [SLUG] A question of routing

From: Larry Brown (larry.brown@dimensionnetworks.com)
Date: Mon Sep 15 2008 - 10:01:44 EDT


On Sun, 2008-09-14 at 20:05 -0400, Chuck Hast wrote:
> On Sun, Sep 14, 2008 at 10:43 AM, Larry Brown
> <larry.brown@dimensionnetworks.com> wrote:
> > When you VPN from the WAN to the router, your Internet client should get
> > an IP address on the LAN. This should allow your client to hit any
> > machine in the LAN and any machine on the LAN should be able to hit the
> > client on the WAN using the address he got from the VPN connection.
> >
>
> This is what I want but so far I have not been able to get it to
> happen. It appears
> that most of the small routers that are on the market are designed for the WAN
> port to be linked to another router which is what you describe below. I need the
> first instance I want to put the machine on the WAN side into the network on
> the LAN side. Once I get that piece fixed I will have what I need. Guess I will
> have to keep testing until I find one that works. Now just to find one
> that will allow
> a client to access the VPN on the WAN side.
> >

> In summary all I need is a router with a VPN that will allow a client to access
> the VPN on the WAN side without the need to another router as the gateway.
>

I have used freeswan in the past using a Linux box as the
router/firewall. It works very well although historically it has taken
a long time to get configured and working. Once done it is very
dependable. It will also allow Linux and Windows clients, although this
was pre-Vista.

Has anyone here worked with any "off the shelf" routers that have decent
Linux clients?

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