On Wed, May 18, 2005 at 10:33:48PM +0100, Wayne Stallwood wrote:
On Wednesday 18 May 2005 10:00 pm, Chris Glover wrote:
My turn for a question now...
Is the Zyxel modem any good? Does it do PPPoA to PPTP relaying? Currently I'm using an Alcatel Speedtouch Pro, using the relaying function so my Linux PC gets the IP address. I was thinking about replacing it with the Zyxel when it eventually dies, not that it's showing any signs of sockness at the moment :-)
Most of the issues you will see with PPTP are a result of trying to tunnel it through NAT, a lot of routers suffer from this. More so at the endpoint rather than the client (There are very few Routers that won't let you be a PPTP client)
The issue seems to be to do with the Protocol 47 (GRE) packets hitting a NAT translated address at the endpoint with the wrong source address.
The Zyxel manual has a section about clients that don't work with NAT and it has ways of overcoming the problem so it may well be that it does address Chris Glover's requirement.
Actually when dealing with a Microsoft Server VPN as an endpoint I find Netgear Routers to be the best bet, my D-Link DSL-604+ will only work as a client.
If you want to be a VPN endpoint then I'd recommend Draytek Routers (The 2600Plus) and actually using the Router as the endpoint. They support pretty much any VPN client and are a doddle to set up. More expensive than your common or garden ADSL router though.
Again the Zyxel does support VPN.