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Mixing ISA2004 and Linksys WRT54G Wireless Routers?

I want to set up a site-to-site VPN from someone's home to their office. At their home, they do NOT have a static ip address and I've given up trying to make ISA2004 get a DHCP-provided address from the Cable Modem. (I'm not even interested in trying that any more.)

So here's what I want to do (in the home):

CableModem
|
Linksys Router Internet Port (DHCP-provided address from cable company)
(Linksys Router Wireless Disabled, DHCP Server Disabled)
Linksys Router Ethernet Port, Static Address, 192.168.3.1
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ISA2004 Server (on Windows 2000 Server), Outside Nic, Static Address, 192.168.3.10
ISA2004 Server (on Windows 2000 Server), Inside Nic, Static Address, 192.168.4.10
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Linksys Router Internet Port, Static Address, 192.168.4.1
Linksys Router Wireless&Ethernet clients, DHCP address given out to clients, 192.168.2.x
| | | | |
client computers (in the home)

My problem is this link:
ISA2004 Server (on Windows 2000 Server), Inside Nic, Static Address, 192.168.4.10
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Linksys Router Internet Port, Static Address, 192.168.4.1

*** Do I need a crossover cable for this link? ***

Right now, they are not talking to each other over that connection.

(I just happen to have 2 wireless routers, not using the wireless on the "outside" router.)

EricTViking

Here's my suggestion (inline within asterisks)....

CableModem
|
Linksys Router Internet Port (DHCP-provided address from cable company)
(Linksys Router Wireless Disabled, DHCP Server Disabled)
Linksys Router Ethernet Port, Static Address, 192.168.3.1
*******************************************************************
**********Setup DMZ on linksys to forward all traffic to 192.168.3.10***********
*******************************************************************
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ISA2004 Server (on Windows 2000 Server), Outside Nic, Static Address, 192.168.3.10
ISA2004 Server (on Windows 2000 Server), Inside Nic, Static Address, 192.168.4.10
*************************************************************************
**********Bin the internal Linksys and use ISA as a NAT router on the inside***********
********** Also configure Server 2000 as DHCP and DNS server ***********
*************************************************************************
client computers (in the home)

Hope that makes sense?

gateguard

ASKER

But I want a wireless router on the inside network.

Let me ask you this, do you think the Internet Port of a Linksys Wireless Router and a Nic card on a PC must be connected with a crossover cable?

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gateguard

ASKER

You bring up some interesting points. I'm going to take a look at that.

This whole thing brings me back to the one point I gave up on, getting the external nic card on the isa 2004 server to get a dhcp-provided address from the cable modem. If only it could do that. If only.