VPN/Firewall keeps losing connection

[Callumpy]

On my network i have a VPN/Firewall plugged into my router and plugged into the VPN is a wireless access point. Every so often i lose connection with my VPN and also seems i cant connect to that i cant get on the internet!

My Network: Link

Does anybody know why?

[Jon T]

Not the simplest of home networks is it?

You don't really need the netgear VPN/Firewall for a start, and your using a wgr-614 router as an access point, so three routers in total. Lot's of things that could go wrong.

First thing to check is are you using the WAN port of the 614 or one of the LAN ports to link back to the Netgear Firewall/VPN, If you using WAN port, then that;s going to complicate things, because your essentially spliting of a private network into another private subnetwork.

Don't suppose you'd like to do the diagram again would you? only this time with IP address/ranges for all the equipment on the network. May help to locate the failure point.

You really need to sort yourself out with a decent networking book, read it and learn from it, instead of plugging things in and hoping they'll work.

As I said again, loose the VPN/Firwall, it's really meant so that remote workers can connect to a network remotely, or so that two private networks can be joined together. Your getting absolutely nothing from it.

[dragon]

Is that the DSL G624t wireless router...

I had no end of problems with the one of those I had locking up and therefore dropping all the traffic it was routing at the time.

[nffc]

What the hell is going on there?

Scrap it all especially the D-Link POS at the beginning.

Get a decent Linksys or Netgear ADSL router with built in wireless, and connect the PCs up to it by ethernet. As for the VPN/Firewall a good router should do that anyway.

You're overcomplicating stuff by adding redundant rubbish which is making it look a right mess. I have cable modem, router, and then all the PCs connect to that.

[Callumpy]

the reason i have all of it is cause i went to a shop and i wanted a dlink DSD-150, its a virus protection thing! but its only avaliable in the usa.

then the person behind the counter said you could use a firewall! so i did

[nffc]

But a router with NAT is a de facto firewall anyway, so it's pointless.

[dragon]

Originally Posted by Callumpy

the reason i have all of it is cause i went to a shop and i wanted a dlink DSD-150, its a virus protection thing! but its only avaliable in the usa.

then the person behind the counter said you could use a firewall! so i did

Probably to sell you something

[Callumpy]

****

[nffc]

Originally Posted by Callumpy

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Language, child

[Callumpy]

i hate the language filter! infact ive had a warnin for swearin! better stop!

[Wicked_and_Crazy]

Just goes to prove the point that you need to read read and read before asking random questions with no context and then spending cash.

[nffc]

Originally Posted by Wicked_and_Crazy

Just goes to prove the point that you need to read read and read before asking random questions with no context and then spending cash.

Typical Year 8.

[Callumpy]