VPN Problems

[explosivo]

I don't know where to post this sucker!

I have been searching the forums and I don't think anyone has asked anything related this so here it goes....

In theory... creating a VPN connection seems simple but this is just a theory.

Background
I have a Windows 2000 Server as my workstation at home. I have cable internet access with a BEFSR41 (Reg. Cable router). I want to connect to my work network which has cable internet access with a WRV54G (VPN) Router.

Home Network->BESR41<->Internet<->WRV54G->Office Network

Home Config
Internal Net - 192.168.1.X Other PC's
BESR41 - 192.168.1.1 LAN PORT
Internet - 24.X.X.X WAN PORT

Work Config
Internet - 24.X.X.X WAN PORT
WRV54G - 10.178.1.114 LAN PORT
Internal Net - 10.178.1.X Other PC's


Questions
1. Do I configure IPSec on my workstation (win2ksrv) at home only or do I need a VPN router also.

2. Do I need to configure a win2ksrv at work as a VPN Server or does the WRV54G do this?

3. If I do need a VPN Server do i need to configure IPSec on this win2ksrv to communicate to the WRV54G.

4. Or does the WRV54G plain suck and I should buy another.

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

 

[swabs]

I am not sure by your post if you want to share your home network with your work network, or you want to be able to share your work network with your home network.

Either way, on one of the servers you need to enable RRAS and set up the VPN. Then you need to make sure that port 1723 is set up on the routers to forward to the correct NIC.

You will only need to create the VPN from one of the locations and then use the create a new connection wizard at the other end to connect.