Re: VPN and related folly.

[Robert G Brown <bob@xxxxxxx>]

>>He wants to run VPN through an IDSN (Pipeline) router, which does NAT.
>As in Ascend Pipeline?
Yes, Pipeline 50, I bleieve.

>>The software on both ends has been configured, and it worked when he
>>dials up an ISP (w/o using ISDN).... 
>He is the "client-side" of the VPN?  (i.e. he initiates the connection to
>a "server" that is awaiting his connection).
Yes.

>What kind of VPN?  IPSec, PPTP, etc...
PPTP. We can alter that (with some effort) if needed.

>>the question boils down to... why doesn't it work through the router? 
>Most likely the router only does (or is configured to do) TCP/IP and
>UDP/IP. ...

Thanks for your help and also others (e.g., Goose) on this. Overall, this
has underscored the need to get all the infoabout configging the router.
We're doing that, and then we have have more to say, or simply report on
the resolution, for general info.

>>(and thus) How can the router configuration be changed to accomodate 
>>all of this?
>It may be a config issue, or not... I don't know if Ascend can process
>GRE, but Linux can ;}.
We'll let ya know! :)

                                                    Thanks and Regards,
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