- DG814 and VPN
- Posted by Graeme on July 26th, 2003
In the next 3 months, when the IT dept can pull their finger out, we should
be getting our office running with a VPN. The question is, will my DG814
(which I run from home) be capable? The Netgear web-site says it has "VPN
pass-through protection" but I've heard so much about how buggy the firmware
can be that I'd really like a view from an owner that has actually used VPN
(and what firware revision they're using).
TIA.
- Posted by Martin White on July 26th, 2003
On Sat, 26 Jul 2003 11:38:47 +0100, "Ritchie"
<qiournvdlirhjgiuhdiuh345@hotmail.com> wrote:
Yes, I've successfully connected from an external client to a IPCOP
VPN sitting behind a 814.
Martin
- Posted by Graeme on July 26th, 2003
"Martin White" <mgw_usenet@mgw.org.uk> wrote in message
news:3f2264c0.6399968@news.demon.co.uk...
What firmware version are you all using?
Ta.
- Posted by Mal Ice on July 26th, 2003
On Sat, 26 Jul 2003 12:53:38 +0100, "Graeme" <graeme@spamoff.fsnet.co.uk> wrotf:
I upgraded to 4.8 and the VPN connection got screwed. It just wouldn't connect
(Symantec VPN software). Reverting back to 4.6 got it working again.
With Symantec's client I did need to set up port forwarding on the router to
support VPN. Without this the client would not connect to my work network.
Mal
- Posted by Ritchie on July 26th, 2003
"Mal Ice" <malice@x-barrysworld.com> wrote in message news:h8r4ivob4vd8m8kdb6aknab36f6ou3ve72@4ax.com...
Mal, what ports did you have to forward to the VPN server? Was it just 1723
or 6 & 17 aswell?
--
Ritchie
- Posted by Darren Lambert on July 26th, 2003
Hi Ritchie
I have never connected from the office to home using a DG814, but obviously
Martin has, good to know.
I have used my home computer as a server for HTTP and FTP connected to a
DG814, once the port forwarding is setup, and its fine.
I have tried many firmware's.
I think my DG814 came with 4.3, which seemed terrible, constantly losing the
connection between the PC and the router, the router seemingly still
connected to the ISP though.
I upgraded to 4.7, which was much better, very reliable.
I then upgraded to 4.8, which regularly lost the connection between the PC
and router again.
I then upgraded to 4.9 RC1 which seemed just as bad.
So I went back to 4.7 and everything has been fine again........
Until yesterday when the router started dropping the connection to the ISP
after 3 or so hours. This is a new problem and I suspect it is BT or
Virgin.net, people have reported there was a major problem on BT's backbone
recently so I'm hoping it was this.
So 4.7 is the best for me, yet other people have reported this to be very
unstable.
HTH
Darren
ISP = Virgin.net
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- Posted by Mal Ice on July 26th, 2003
On Sat, 26 Jul 2003 15:29:00 +0100, "Ritchie"
<qiournvdlirhjgiuhdiuh345@hotmail.com> wrotf:
1723 and 500
- Posted by Martin White on July 26th, 2003
On Sat, 26 Jul 2003 12:53:38 +0100, "Graeme"
<graeme@spamoff.fsnet.co.uk> wrote:
4.4 Nov. 05, 2002
Martin
- Posted by Ritchie on July 26th, 2003
"Mal Ice" <malice@x-barrysworld.com> wrote in message news:qgd5iv0dgg1nhvurb2ji2te2d1k3619m5v@4ax.com...
Thanks for the info. Port 500! That must be for IPCOP.
Has anyone managed to connect to a Win2000 VPN server that is sitting
behind a DG814 as previous posts suggest the DG814 does not support GRE?
--
Ritchie
- Posted by Graeme on July 26th, 2003
"Martin White" <mgw_usenet@mgw.org.uk> wrote in message
news:3f22b9aa.28138484@news.demon.co.uk...
Ah, good! That's the same version as I'm running. Thanks.
- Posted by Richard Whitcombe on July 27th, 2003
FTP port forwarding doesnt work in that firmware if it matters.
- Posted by Martin Cooper on July 28th, 2003
"Graeme" <graeme@spamoff.fsnet.co.uk> wrote:
Hi,
I am using a Thomson 510v4 (used to be speedtouch), and it has performed
flawlessly for the past 3 months, it supports UPNP, has a reasonable built
in firewall, and works fine with VPN (both client and server). The only
slight snag is that the firewall has to be configured by a telnet interface,
which is a bit of a pain. However, the pain is nowhere near the level of
getting the DG814 running properly.
Also, the vigor routers such as the 2600 are well respected and should do
what you want (see www.draytek.co.uk for details).
--
Martin
- Posted by Martin White on July 28th, 2003
On Sun, 27 Jul 2003 23:38:08 +0100, "Richard Whitcombe"
<Richard.Whitcombe@btinternet.com> wrote:
That's useful to know as I'm just about to set up a FTP server, ah
well time to upgrade I guess.
Martin
