"Brendan J Cuffe" <bren***@vdfrv.co.uk> wrote in message
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> We are a very small business outfit, me a colleague and a secretary and so
> all the IT stuff falls to me.  Following my colleague's involvement in an
> traffic accident I am trying to set up VPN between are office and his
> house.
>
> The set up is a small network at our office and the same in his home and
> both connect to the internet with Netgear DG834M gateways.
>
> I have followed instructions downloaded from Netgear's website and have
> successfully set up the Gateway to Gateway VPN tunnel.  His home uses the
> Hetgear default address range of 192.168.0.x and I changed the office to
> use the range 192.168.3.x.  I have activated the VPN tunnel succesfully
> and we have successfully pinged each other.
>
> My question is how do we start to use the VPN tunnel so he can actually
> access files on shared drives in the office?  The Netgear guide says to go
> to a URL whose IP address or range is covered by the VPN policy. I have
> typed http://192.168.0.2 in Internet Explorer to access his computer but
> nothing happens.  DO we need additional software or can we use the network
> connection wizard in windows xp professional.  I tried this but it asked
> for usernames and passwords?  If I need these how do I set it up?
>
> Any guidance greatly appreciated.
>
> Brendan
>

"Jack (MVP-Networking)." <J***@DiscussionGroup.com> wrote in message
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> Do use VPN you need a VPN End Point (server) on side of the connection.
> I do not think that the DG834M is a VPN End-Point, it probably just pass
> through.
> May be this can Help, http://www.ezlan.net/vpn.html
> Jack (MVP-Networking).
>
> "Brendan J Cuffe" <bren***@vdfrv.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:OZFC5vbxGHA.4568@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>> We are a very small business outfit, me a colleague and a secretary and
>> so all the IT stuff falls to me.  Following my colleague's involvement in
>> an traffic accident I am trying to set up VPN between are office and his
>> house.
>>
>> The set up is a small network at our office and the same in his home and
>> both connect to the internet with Netgear DG834M gateways.
>>
>> I have followed instructions downloaded from Netgear's website and have
>> successfully set up the Gateway to Gateway VPN tunnel.  His home uses the
>> Hetgear default address range of 192.168.0.x and I changed the office to
>> use the range 192.168.3.x.  I have activated the VPN tunnel succesfully
>> and we have successfully pinged each other.
>>
>> My question is how do we start to use the VPN tunnel so he can actually
>> access files on shared drives in the office?  The Netgear guide says to
>> go to a URL whose IP address or range is covered by the VPN policy. I
>> have typed http://192.168.0.2 in Internet Explorer to access his computer
>> but nothing happens.  DO we need additional software or can we use the
>> network connection wizard in windows xp professional.  I tried this but
>> it asked for usernames and passwords?  If I need these how do I set it
>> up?
>>
>> Any guidance greatly appreciated.
>>
>> Brendan
>>
>
>