Trying to Set up VPN - what is an alternative to ICS??

[bluedollar]

I am trying to setup the following VPN:

Server 2000
static IP
ADSL connection


Windows XP
dynamic IP
ADSL connection


I will always be connecting from the XP to the Win 2000 Server. Server 2000 has ICS enabled, when I try and set up VPN server on the server, none of the PC`s that use the Server can connect to the internet.

I am setting up the VPN server as follows:

-

http://www.onecomputerguy.com/w2k/w2k_vpn/w2k_vpn.htm

My questions are:

1) How would I setup the server, so that all the clients can gain access to the net without ICS?
2) Would the VPN work from just by using the wizard if I killed ICS?
3) Are there ways to set up a VPN with ICS.
4) Which is the easiest solution to setup?

A ipconfig /all from the server shows:

Windows 2000 IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : server
Primary DNS Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : Yes
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel 8255x-based PCI Ethernet Adapt
er (10/100)
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-B0-D0-AB-6C-7E
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1

PPP adapter SMC Dial-Up PPP Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : WAN (PPP/SLIP) Interface
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-53-45-00-00-00
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 82.163.156.124
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.255
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 82.163.156.124
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 213.130.128.32
213.130.128.33

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks

Dan

 

[ChicagoTechNet]

quoted from

http://www.chicagotech.net

Do not install VPN on W2K with ICS running

Many users have reported that they were experienced some difficulties after installing VPN on w2k/xp running ICS and ICS clients may receive "Error: Page Can Not be Displayed" message. The reason is that establishing a VPN connection on the ICS Host modifies the Routing Table on the ICS Host. that will forces all clients that try to connect to the Internet to use the VPN routing table instead of the ICS routing table used to connect to the Internet service provider (ISP). You may modify the route table to fix this problem, for example, route -p add <network> mask <subnet mask> <router ip>. If you want to add a route for a single host (firewall which is on another subnet), do this route -p add <ip> mask 255.255.255.255 <host ip>, for example, route -p add 192.168.0.100 255.255.255.255 160.213.320.1.


Robert Lin, MS-MVP, MCSE & CNE
Windows, Network, Internet, VPN, Routing and How to at

http://www.ms-mvps.com

 

[bluedollar]

Thanks ChicagoTechNet,

If I modfiy the VPN routing table with the IP of a valid routing table, would that solve the problem of ICS and VPN working together?

If so what IP would I use for the <router ip>, would it be the ISP IP?

I have seen lots of companies using cheap routers (eg. Draytek routers), what do these routers actually do?

Sorry for the novice questions, but I do not have any experience in setting up VPN`s.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks

Dan