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by ednichols 2 views

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I have a wireless pc that I want to connect up to a domain, but I want the connection to forced through a VPN.

Rundown of the network.
have a cable modem connected to a Watchguard Firebox SOHO w/ VPN. There is a hub and wireless access point connteced to the SOHO.

Is it possible to connect to the network throught the VPN and then login to the domain?

If not does anyone have any ideas on what to do?

Thanks,
Billy

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by bgelety

Are you wishing to use the VPN connection to secure the wireless traffic from the wireless PC?

To use the watchguard VPN you would need to place the wireless router on the cable modem side of the firewall and provide an IP within the subnet mask of the IP provided by the cable modem. Then you could establish a VPN connection from the PC to the outside interface of the Watchguard box.

If this is a Windows 2000 domain and you are wishing to ensure secure communication for the wireless network, you could leave the wireless access point on the inside of the firewall and use the Windows 2000 IPSec policy functionality within Windows to require that the traffic be encrypted.

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;EN-US;Q231585&

Hope that helps.....

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