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ip address allocation through a vpn

hi, i have a question regarding ip addresses when logged onto the network via our vpn. should the clients be allocated addresses within our dhcp pool or outside of it? our dhcp pool is 192.168.1.50 to 192.168.1.180 but when a client logs on through the vpn they have been given ips of 192.168.1.203 and above. is this right or have we got a setting wrong? using windows server 2003, and xp clients. thanks in advance

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thanks KCTS and RobWill for the advice. i have looked in routing and remote access console and on the ip tab the option 'this server can assign ip addresses by using:' - dhcp is checked. i can't find the dhcp relay agent choice anywhere, so i don't know if it's set up correctly. sorry, i'm new to all this! thanks again.

Rob Williams

Perhaps the DHCP relay agent is already set up.
It can be located by the opening RRAS console | expand the server name | Expand IP routing | right click on DHCP relay and choose properties | if configured the DHCP server address should be displayed

If DHCP relay is not enabled, then either the "static address pool" suggested earlier hands out an IP, or if DHCP is checked, and DHCP relay is not configured, it should hand out a 169.254.x.x APIPA address.