Surprise, surprise, surprise!! As an experiment with the IT guy where I work - I set up my laptop to connect to my company via VPN - and brought it home to connect thru the cable connection I have. He, (the IT guy), was complaining that VPN (PPTP) would not work through a gatway/firewall that used NAT - as it would fuzz with the packets. He supposedly was having all kinds of issues with people trying this - and getting nothing but THUMB! I tried this with STN - and suprisingly enough not only does it work - it appears to work quite well! In fact - I have plugged my laptop in to my local network, grabbed an IP address via DHCP - and established a VPN connection - all at the same time that I am using another machine (that is NOT a part of the VPN link, but is on the same local network, using the same STN box, to post this message - both occuring without interfearance as if each of these boxes were the only one connected! It sure is nice when something works the way it should. Thanks! Jim --- Support our Sponsor ------------------------------------ Become a Fool: Get out of debt. Learn how to invest. Retire early. Take control of your finances. Register to become a Fool! It's FREE! Get investment freebies too. Click here http://click.topica.com/aaabd5bz8Rp2bAfyICc/MotleyFool ------------------------------------------------------------ -- Visit http://www.ShareTheNet.com for info about ShareTheNet Visit http://www.topica.com/lists/sharethenet for info about this list ____________________________________________________________ T O P I C A -- Learn More. Surf Less. Newsletters, Tips and Discussions on Topics You Choose. http://www.topica.com/partner/tag01
