From: rick0.merrill@NOSPAM.gmail.com   
      
   Cigarman wrote:   
   > On May 2, 1:19 pm, Rick Merrill    
   > wrote:   
   >> Cigarman wrote:   
   >>> I have a computer on my home lan.  I use VPN   
   >>> software to connect to my office.  I would like to access the office   
   >>> network from another pc over wireless to []the first pc.  Is this   
   >>> possible?  [] PC1 connects to my office; it of course, gets an ip   
   >>> address of the office network.  The wireless card gets an ip address   
   >>> from my wireless DHCP.  [Since] the wireless   
   >>> card is in 192.168.1.x network and my office is in a [different] network,   
   >>> PC1 should act as a router.   
   >>> Any suggestions?   
   >> What is the 192.168.???.x of the office PC?   
   >>   
   >> Do you use a PARTICULAR vpn CLIENT?  If so , you have to use it on EACH   
   >> of the home LAN computers.   
   >   
   > The office pc wireless card is 192.168.1.8   
   > The office pc ethernet card is 192.168.1.7   
   > When i connect vpn, i get 172.29.1.10   
   >   
   > my wireless laptop gets 192.168.1.5   
   >   
   > so, what your saying is that if i wanted to access the same vpn i   
   > would need to run a vpn client on the laptop.   
   >   
   > could i not configure the office pc to act as a router between the 192   
   > network and the 172 network and access the 172 network from my   
   > wireless laptop?   
      
   in theory, but in practice many VPN have problems when there are   
   multiple layers of NAT.   
      
   In order to access your PC your laptop has to  be a member of   
   192.168... but to access the VPN you have to be amember of   
   172.29... ---  The VPN client gives you a "virtual adapter"   
   to allow your computer to be a member of BOTH IP sets.   
      
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