VPN and Remate Domain Logon Basics

[Coxylaad]

Hello,
I am pretty (very) new at this so bear with me....
I have a windows 2003 server connected to the net via a adsl modem/router, and we have a static IP
I have a domain setup.
one of the lads from work wants to logon on to the domain through his home broadband account.

Can someone point me in the right direction?
When I type in the static IP into an explorer window it just brings up my router configuration logon page.

any sort of help would be much appreciated


Thanks

Ian

p.s. I only have one network card in the server is this a problem?

 

[sab4you]

The static IP address is the address of your modem/router. When you visit it in explorer, that is why it brings it up.

#1 this is not so hot. You dont really want to have your modem/router being exposed to the internet in this manner.

No matter what, you need to learn your modem/router then. I would turn off displaying the config logon to the internet and then you also need to open some ports.

Logging into the domain from a broadband account. The best method is to learn about VPN. Does your modem/router support VPN?

If so, then learn your router/modem and how to configure VPN.

If not, then you can use the basic microsoft routing and remote services as a VPN server. You will have to learn your modem/router and configure it to port forward the VPN ports, which are probably going to be 3389 if I remember correctly. Then you will need to port forward it from the router to the server.

If you are pretty new, this is alot to bite off and chew. Your first bet is understanding your modem/router and learning what port fowarding is. Next I would learn about VPN's.

 

[Coxylaad]

The static IP address is the address of your modem/router. When you visit it in explorer, that is why it brings it up.
#1 this is not so hot. You dont really want to have your modem/router being exposed to the internet in this manner.

Right, well it wasnt intentional, it was just how it was when I plugged it in? can you tell me how to hide it and still be connected to the net? I have read the instructions and it doesnt say anything about that

No matter what, you need to learn your modem/router then. I would turn off displaying the config logon to the internet and then you also need to open some ports.

I am a total beginner so can you elaborate a bit more thanks

Logging into the domain from a broadband account. The best method is to learn about VPN. Does your modem/router support VPN?

yes it appears to support VPN. There is a port forwarding config page on the router which has a VPN section and 2 options under it - IPSECL2TP and PPTP. I have no idea what these are though!

If so, then learn your router/modem and how to configure VPN.

I would love to but I dont no how?!

If you are pretty new, this is alot to bite off and chew. Your first bet is understanding your modem/router and learning what port fowarding is. Next I would learn about VPN's.

any places on the web with literature on?

 

[Coxylaad]

thanks, I am using a D-Link DSL-G604T ADSL modem/wireless router. I am not using the wireless bit at the moment so we will just ignore that.