I didn't know they still even sold 3 to be honest. On the other hand the improvements you see should be to throughput and I think range. I am not sure it will solve the line drop problem in and of itself unless your specific cable is bad or has a bad connector. Nonetheless it is something inexpensive that is worth a try.
On 3/6/08, Scott Stewart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > You should have a setting on your router that allows VPN Passthrough. > If not you must flash or replace your router. > > I've got a D-Link Wireless N X-Treme, it's fast as hell, I just need to > solve the line drop problem I'm having. I may have pulled the wrong grade > cable (I pulled CAT 3, I probably should've pulled CAT 5e) > > -- > Scott Stewart > ColdFusion Developer > > SSTWebworks > 4405 Oakshyre Way > Raleigh, NC. 27616 > (919) 874-6229 (home) > (703) 220-2835 (cell) > -----Original Message----- > From: C. Hatton Humphrey [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, March 06, 2008 9:05 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: Router Suggestions > > I've got two routers available. Right now I have the following set up: > > Verizon DSL > | > | > Belkin F5D7230-4 (DHCP, WiFi, etc) > | > |-- Windows Server (IIS et al) > |-- Wireless Network > | |- Desktop > | \- Laptop > | > SMC 7004ABR (Acting as a switch, DHCP and routing disabled) > | > \- Desktop > > According to the DD-WRT site the Belkin can be flashed but I'm > hesitant to do it because if I mess something up I've lost my only > wireless access point. At this point though I truly think that > Verizon's techs are clueless and they are blocking incoming VPN > traffic. > > Hatton > > On Wed, Mar 5, 2008 at 10:50 PM, Dana <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 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:255728 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
