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dyndns - do i need it

hi i have configured a windows 2003 network with an isa 2006 acting as my firewall, but the isa2006/external nic2 recieves a dhcp: 192.168.0.3/24 address from my residential netgear router built-in dhcp box.  that also provides my isp internet ip address on 92.237.54.62 which is the device ip of my netgear router box so that i can receive internet access.

my address is supposed to be dynamic according to my isp, but everytime i check over the last 4 months it has never changed!!!!

i have however also configured my network to allow vpn remote access from home and i have also configured my laptop for vpn connection by using the same address: 92.237.54.62 but it keeps failing!!

during a local test i plug my laptop into my netgear router box to test my vpn and i receive the correct: 10.0.0x/24 network address from my internal dhcp successfully and can open up network places and see my domain name but to test properly from a remote location is my issue!!

questions 1.  i have been told that this works but wanted to know if by using 'dyndns', would then rectify my problem ?
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Hello,

there are a lot of points of failure from external network. first of all you need to check what all ports are required for your application to work and check if you can telnet them to your machine (laptop) .

If telnet works then you should be ok but if telnet fails you need to check with you ISP if port are blocked or not. also can you share you trace route out put from external network.

Also check if external to internal  IP address NAT is working all the way to your desired machine IP that is from your external IP of 92.x.x.x to your 10.x.x.x

for further troubleshooting.
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hi, (apologies for not sending a diagram as not drawn one out)

ok - i did not think i needed 'dyndns', just thought i would ask!:)  ive already had advice from others and my setup is ok!!!

- internal network: 10.0.0.x/24
- isa2006/internal nic1: 10.0.0.1/24 - no dg & static route points to 10.0.0.1
- isa2006/external nic2: 192.168.0.3/24 - successfully recieves isp info already!!!
- cisco layer 2 switch: ip default-gateway 10.0.0.1

note: all machines have internet access successfully and all i now wanted to do was allow a vpn to connect as have already added vpn configurations on isa 2006.

note: when i was trying to use radius i remember ports: 1645/1646 but not using radius now as been told is not needed as i already have a domain ad network so authentication is already done.

note: i cannot telnet or tracert as my isa 2006 is not configured to allow this!!!

ideally my isa2006/external would have a static address but due to plugging into my netgear router box which actually provides the internet access, this was the only way i could do this!
Well you may want to check your netgear config as they normally have firewall's on them and they are turned on.

Getting access to the internet is easy.... it's getting to the inside of your network thats a challenge. most firewall's block incoming traffic and allow all outgoing traffic by default.

Depending on your VPN setup on the ISA you will need to open/forward ports to it or ensure all traffic is going to your ISA box and the netgear router having the firewall disabled or not blocking the ports the vpn server and client need. As netballi mentioned you would need something listening on the ISA server in order for you to test where the failure is. generally telnet won't work on vpn servers.
as this question regarding 'dyndns' has been answered i will create another question regarding what settings ive enabled on my physical netgear router.

comments have been appreciated!
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hi thanks your 1st point 1 above is correct as i also understood 'dyndns' to be used only for intermitant change of ip addresses but someone mentioned the other day that it may do other stuff.  as it turns out i did not need it!!

i cannot get rid of my residential netgear router box as my isp provided this as it is directly connected to the internet.  I only wanted to learn how to configure isa 2006 so i had connect isa 2006 to my netgear router box.

in the end on saturday i resolved my problem and can logon remotely via my laptop/mobile phone connected and i can also visit a friends house and gain internet access and logon via vpn successfully!!

i had not put 'ppty port 1723' on my netgear router box, which allowed my vpn to work via remote vpn location.