Re: RE: IPSEC VPN through Actiontec DPCM

Todd Ignasiak <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.linux.uclinux.actiontec
Message-ID <[email protected]>
I have been using IPSec through an Actiontec modem, and I did not
require any special configuration.  I am using MacOS 10.3 IPSec
connecting out through an Actiontec to a VPN gateway.  The IPSec works
fine through the NAT.

Inbound access to a VPN gateway behing an Actiontec would be a bit
more challenging.  It would just require you to add some forwarding
rules to pass the IPSec to the internal gateway.  You would need to
forward UDP port 500 - for the IKE communications, and IP Protocols 20
and 21 (those are IP protocol numbers, not TCP/UDP port numbers) for
AH and ESP tunnels.

On Tue, 11 May 2004 11:38:11 -0500, Jim Burdick
<[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> All,
> 
> A partner and I had searched high and low for how to run a VPN through an
> Actiontec. We tried ideas from this list and other sources and ultimately
> were unable to get any of those ideas work.
> 
> We DID, however get ipsec vpn to work through the modem! I am not sure how
> much of the following is absolutely required and how much is just "we don't
> want to mess with what works."
> 
> 1. we use the Actiontec DualPCModem and a DLINK DI-804HV to vpn back to our
> main server. Plug Dlink WAN into an Actiontec ethernet port and !Do Not Use
> The Other Actiontec E-net Port!
> 
> 2. turn DHCP off on the Actiontec, assign the Dlink WAN port static IP
> 192.168.0.2 & gateway 192.168.0.1
> 
> 3. we hook our laptops to the DHCP behind the Dlink 10.0.1.0
> 
> 4. define vpn from Dlink to home office
> 
> 5. browse from 10.0.1.x to 192.168.0.1 -> status -> connect ----DONE!
> 
> This has worked solidly for us, but we can make it stop working immediately
> by using the 2nd ethernet port on the Actiontec. If this happens, power down
> and reboot both the Actiontec and the Dlink.
> 
> Best Regards,
> 
> Jim Burdick
> Compass Consulting Group
> email:   [email protected]
> 
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