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Connect to Linksys BEFVP41 from work...

I have recently purchased a vpn router so I can access my files at home from abroad. I an having a problem connecting to my router from work. I followed the instructions on the linksys website (configuring IPSec policies on XP and 2000 machinces), but had to make revisions due to the fact that my ip address at work is DHCP assigned and our internet access comes from a NAT pool. Of course it did not work :-
(...  I think the lack of a static ip address is the problem.

I want to configure my router (which has a static ip) to accept connections from anywhere that has been configured with the PreShared Key (Which I'm pretty sure I have already configured correctly)

And I want to be able to configure a workstation (of which the ip address is unknown and my be behind a NAT firewall) to connect to my vpn router (with the correct PreShared Key).

So my question(s)

Is it possible to create a tunnel where one end has a dynamic ip address (without the use of dyndns due to nat pool usage)?
Is there a way to configure said tunnel without the use of VPN Client Software (which would be prefferable)?
Does the NAT-Traversal feature listed on various VPN clients refer to the programs ability connect to a VPN server from behind a NAT firewall?
Can the Cisco VPN Client software be configured to us a IKE PreShared Key instead of the username and password that can't be configured on BEFVP41 (unlike the Linksys Wireless-G VPN endpoint :-< )
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