Picard: I was asking for advice on whether the Netgear vpn routers could
provide a vpn like the one mentioned in the scenario.  I've seen a
similar setup before but they where using high dollar cisco vpn routers. ;)

Quick answer to your question: yes
Detailed answer:
Lets assume the hotel is assigning ip addresses behind a NAT (network
address translation) router as opposed to assigning public ips. (every
hotel i've been to that provides internet access just uses a common NAT
router)
Because of the way Ipsec excrypted vpns do integrity checks on the
packets this can cause problems.
They have developed a technology called "Nat traversal" that allows a
client to connect to a vpn gateway/router when they are behind a Nat
router.  Here's a link if you would like to read more on the topic.

http://www.infoworld.com/articles/n...20218nenat.html

-RedRyder

picard wrote:[vbcol=seagreen]
> RedRyder,
>
> Thanks for the detailed descrition of the scenario. It has really
> helped me understand are things are supposed to work. I sure hope
> somebody responds. If not, try the newsgroups at www.dslreports.com
>
> Now for an extension of the scenario....
>
> Assume somebody is in a hotel room that gets an IP address via DHCP on
> the hotel network. The notebook has Netgear VPN01L VPN client software
> on it. Could this VPN client software be configured to establish the
> VPN connection independent of the IP address given by DHCP?
>
> thanks!!
>
> RedRyder <redryder@null> wrote in message news:<10otcpkk1mtqc03@corp.super
news.com>...
> 

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