[ale] Routing Questions

[Joseph A Knapka]

Geoffrey wrote:
> 
> Joseph A Knapka wrote:
> >
> > Chris Fowler wrote:
> > >
> > > I have 2 networks now.  One in Buford and One in Alpharetta.
> > >
> > > Alpharetta:  192.168.2.0
> > > Buford:  192.168.1.0
> > >
> > > Both networks are connected to the internet using telocity.  I want to be able to route packets between both of the private nets.  Is this possible since these
> > > are 192.168.*.
> >
> > You need some form of VPN.
> 
> Why?  I can understand if you want the connection to be secure, but I
> didn't catch that in the original post.  Why can't he use the ips
> provided by the telocity connections to provide the connectivity?

Because his network addresses aren't publically routable.
He has one publically-routable address on each network,
but the machines behind the routers are on 192.168.* nets.
Granted, he wouldn't need a virtual *private* network,
put he most definitely needs a tunnel of some sort, and
it doesn't seem prudent to tunnel unencrypted data across
the public network.

Cheers,

-- Joe

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