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Thread ID: 119129	2011-07-06 10:40:00	Connect 2 networks together	Greven (91)	Press F1

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1215192	2011-07-06 10:40:00	Is it possible to connect 2 networks together using consumer (not going to break the bank) gear so that each side of the link uses its own internet connection but is able to access all the computers on the other side? If it would be easier and/or cheaper, the main objective is to access a server on one side of the link from the other side. There will be a wireless bridge between the networks & if the bridge goes down I can revert to a VPN connection over DSL.	Greven (91)
1215193	2011-07-06 11:12:00	Yes, you just need to set a route (on both sides) pointing the bridge or VPN endpoint. (either on each client, or on the router).	fred_fish (15241)
1215194	2011-07-06 23:07:00	OpenVPN is your friend :) 100% free and dead simple to setup too!	Chilling_Silence (9)
1215195	2011-07-06 23:07:00	OpenVPN is your friend :) 100% free and dead simple to setup too! EDIT: I wrote a short guide a wee while back for Elastix, but there's a ton of How-To's around the place, and it'll happily work in a windows-only environment, or behind the likes of a Tomato Router too: blogs.elastix.org	Chilling_Silence (9)
1215196	2011-07-07 01:08:00	OpenVPN looks really cool, but doesn't really answer my question. I am looking at this for a customer who is currently operating independantly of their parent organisation & have their own small business server, but are now required to access the parent organisation remote desktop servers. There is a VPN setup in place to achieve this, but they want a wireless bridge between the networks in order to speed things up. I look after the child organisation & the parent organisation has asked me to figure out how to make the link work. If I understand the first reply correctly, I would put in a router on the client end of the bridge with the WAN having a parent org IP address & LAN having a client org address, then set up a static route in the ADSL router directing all traffic to parent org IP addresses to go through the router? I assume the setup above will not allow the parent org to initiate a connection to a client org IP address? That is not required at the moment, but would be nice to have.	Greven (91)
1215197	2011-07-07 01:35:00	There is a VPN setup in place to achieve this, but they want a wireless bridge between the networks in order to speed things up. I look after the child organisation & the parent organisation has asked me to figure out how to make the link work. Can you draw a before / after diagram to show how this wireless bridge will fit in? You've lost me now ...	Chilling_Silence (9)
1215198	2011-07-07 02:44:00	Does this clarify things?	Greven (91)
1215199	2011-07-07 04:57:00	Yes :) So you're after info on creating that wireless link? What's the distance?	Chilling_Silence (9)
1215200	2011-07-07 08:06:00	The wireless bridge is under control. I was looking for confirmation my idea would work & fishing for any better ideas that would allow the parent network to contact the server on the child network as well as the other way round. I will be setting up the static route on a Dlink DSL-502T ADSL router. Do you know how to set up a route for a block of addresses instead of just a single address on this router?	Greven (91)
1215201	2011-07-07 11:29:00	Setup the server on your end as the gateway between networks, that's the easiest way to make it accessible coz then they're less likely to have to change a whole lotta routing at their end. Unsure how to do it on the DSL-502T sorry.	Chilling_Silence (9)
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