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MovedGoalPosts · 06-02-2005, 20:18

Only the network being connected to i.e. the office, needs a static IP addy. The client IP can normally change about quite happily if you can connect just to the internet directly from the client. But, if you have to, as in this instance, now go through another PC to get your internet connection, you may need the IP to be more fixed, so that enough ports in firewalls and things can be opened up for passthrough.

Internet connection sharing may have appeared to be the cheap option, but I suspect it's quote confusing. If VPN is essential for a job, ask the employer to pay for a router (they are perhaps already paying or contributing towards the broadband connection - remembering ntl's directions that its for residential use).

06-02-2005, 20:18	#11
MovedGoalPosts Inactive Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: 127.0.0.1 Age: 61 Posts: 15,868	Re: VPN woes ! Only the network being connected to i.e. the office, needs a static IP addy. The client IP can normally change about quite happily if you can connect just to the internet directly from the client. But, if you have to, as in this instance, now go through another PC to get your internet connection, you may need the IP to be more fixed, so that enough ports in firewalls and things can be opened up for passthrough. Internet connection sharing may have appeared to be the cheap option, but I suspect it's quote confusing. If VPN is essential for a job, ask the employer to pay for a router (they are perhaps already paying or contributing towards the broadband connection - remembering ntl's directions that its for residential use).