what kind of router are your working with? Even a home router should have some sort of access control list, which will be modifiable..... Provide some details and I'll try to help.
On Wed, Mar 5, 2008 at 3:13 PM, C. Hatton Humphrey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I called Verizon, they said nothing is blocked. The only thing that I > can think is that the router does not pass Protocol 47 traffic. > > I'm going to try the DD-WRT suggestion, turns out it'll run on the > wireless router that I had in place initially. We'll see how that > goes. > > Thanks for the suggestion! > Hatton > > > On Wed, Mar 5, 2008 at 4:17 PM, denstar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > You should be able to just open the ports on the router, and have it "work". > > > > Tho the DMZ idea should have worked (but only for a quick test, if that!). > > > > You can always use port forwarding and use a port you KNOW is open... > > last ditch... > > > > > > > > On Wed, Mar 5, 2008 at 1:50 PM, C. Hatton Humphrey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > > So I'm starting my new job on Monday (yes, those that did not catch my > > > boss's posting on CF-Jobs, I've got a new job) and need to create a > > > network that I can connect to via VPN. I have the server set up to > > > allow incoming VPN connections but both of the routers that I have > > > seem to block the needed IPSEC traffic (Protocol 47). I've gone so > > > far as to set my "server" up as the DMZ machine on my router. > > > > > > Either that or Verizon is blocking it... I doubt it but it's > > > possible. It won't matter after March 31 because I'm switching back > > > to Cable modem. > > > > > > Regardless, I'm faced with two options at this point. First is to put > > > together a Linux based firewall in a computer with two network cards. > > > I'll need to get a couple of NICs if I go that route. Other option is > > > to get a router that actually allows for passing through of the > > > correct protocols. My problem is that I don't have time to locate a > > > home router that will allow this. > > > > > > Anyone have suggestions? > > > > > > Thanks! > > > Hatton > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;160198600;22374440;w Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:255701 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
