John Allman wrote:
>Looks like your adsl box is running pppoe and getting the single ip
>address assigned to you. It's then connecting the rest of your network
>via NAT
>>You have two choices. The best way is probably to configure your adsl
>modem to act like a dumb modem and *not* run pppoe. You then run pppeo
>(roaring penguin, maybe?) on your linux router. *It* will then get your
>real live ip address.
>>Except that it might not be willing to do that....
>Another option would be to set your adsl router to forward all of your
>traffic to your linux machine. The option would probably be called
>portforwarding. It's really Destination NAT. I suspect that'll be
>problematic for vpn though.
>>OpenVPN has a "floating port" option, which solves this.
>Openvpn is probably the fella for you. There's a lovely windows gui for
>it at http://openvpn.se>>Seconded!
Ronan
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