VPN between two offices

[Mike Howles]

Here in our main office I have a Vigor 26001 router which gives me VPN capability.

We have a static IP address.

I have a static IP address at home and can connect which is fine.

What I now want to do is connect our Scottish office to our Wales office via a router to router VPN.

Snag is, Scotlant have BT as their ISP and they are rubbish when it comes to support.

What would be the best way of doing this:
bin BT and use a router of my choice and an ISP of my choice?

Try and get BT to do what I want?

Receomendations on a router would be handy too.

Mike

[mrjones]

Have you got a lan-2-lan vpn from home to the office?
How about you put another vigor in the scotland office as the vpn only needs 1 end to have a static address.
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[spuddy]

What about that VPN program Hammaci

[smartybones]

i think you mean 'hamachi',

its a piece of crap uselsss for anything except for kids hosting game servers on dynamic ip addresses.....

[spuddy]

ROFL.
Like those Habbo Retro Sites. ROFL

[smartybones]

yup....

"i dont know how to open a port"

or

"daddy wont open a port for me"

[2Beers]

check the draytek support faq's

http://www.draytek.co.uk/support/kb_vigor_vpncheck.html

http://www.draytek.co.uk/support/kb_vigor_portforwarding.html

[spuddy]

ROFL my dad dont know how to open a port. He plays Games. Fixes things. Routers = NO NO.

So i have Every port open for MY IP :p I have several Firewalls

[Mike Howles]

Thanks folks, been through the whole lot and I think I will get another Vigor router, I think it will need to be a 2800 now but that should give router to router permanent connection.

Mind you, this all depends on whether BT can pull their finger out!!

Mike

[linker3000]

Vigor2600s go for about £50 on eBay - I prefer them over the 2800 (less buggy)