On 9/27/05, Hans Fugal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Don Boling wrote: > > Hans Fugal wrote: > > > >> I set up a VPN for a client. They have a small office with DSL > >> (actiontec modem) and a Linksys router. (didn't catch the model, but the > >> menus looked like the wrt54g that my dad has) > >> > >> In order to get the VPN to work, I had to set up a port forward. But > >> whenever I'd try to apply those changes the linksys would give me a big > >> red 404 screen. So I upgraded the firmware and was able to complete the > >> task. > >> > >> Only to discover that now some XP boxes won't get a DHCP address from > >> the linksys anymore. Other XP boxes are happy to, but these two just > >> won't. Incidentally the two that have had trouble so far are the two > >> that have OpenVPN on them now, I state that for completeness because I > >> don't see how that would make a difference. One of them is a laptop and > >> is able to get an IP address from the neighbor's wide-open wireless, so > >> DHCP itself is not crippled. > >> > >> > >> > > I am using OpenVPN myself and used to go through my Linksys router until > > I started having problems > > like the ones you are describing... I built a OpenBSD Firewall out of an > > old pc and it hasn't burped since. > > > > OpenVPN, Vonage , SSH, Web traffic ... all very easy to setup in PF. > > > >> I did change one other thing, stupidly - I set the router dhcp settings > >> to use a wins server when there isn't one. (I thought it was built-in > >> functionality in an XP box, oops) Now the finnicky thing won't let me > >> unset it, so it's still there. > >> > >> Any ideas? > >> > >> > > I would hold the reset button for 30 secs or whatever is called for to > > reset to factory defaults and > > start over... thats all that Linksys support will suggest. (Already > > wasted time calling them on my issue) > > > > --Don > > > > /* > > PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net > > Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug > > Don't fear the penguin. > > */ > > > Hmm, did the trouble show up when you put on openvpn? Does it go away if > there's no openvpn? > > /* > PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net > Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug > Don't fear the penguin. > */ >
Id have to suggest running a newer firmware on that box. Im running VPN on the Linksys itself. One Linksys v1.1 running Sveasoft Alchemy 1.0 in one location, and a WRT54G v2.0 box running Freeman 1.0.4 firmware in another. IMHO Its a lot easer setting those boxes up instead of port forwarding to another VPN system. /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
