4. Connecting

To connect to the Internet through Ideco Gateway:

Select a computer on your local network. Set the computer’s IP address to 10.0.0.2, subnet mask to 255.255.255.0.

Make sure the network hardware is functioning properly by checking the link indicator (look for the “Link” light on the computer’s and the server’s network interface cards.)

To verify that a network route exists between the computer and the server, follow these steps.

Open a command line window by selecting Start > Run. Type "command" under Windows 9x or "cmd" under Windows 2000/XP. Click OK.
In the window that appears, type "ping 10.0.0.1" and press Enter. If a route to the server is available, you will see a result similar to what the following image shows.

Important: If ping fails, either swap local and external network interfaces in the server configuration or swap the network cables connected to the interfaces. Repeat the verification process. If you don’t get an answer from the server, this indicates that either the local network hardware or a network interface card is failing, or you are using low quality cable.

Temporarily shut down the firewall on your computer and turn off the use of any proxy servers in the browser.

Note: Alternatively, you can simply allow ports 1723 and 3050 and the GRE protocol for address 10.0.0.1 in the firewall.

If you have selected IP-based authentication for the administrator in the installation wizard, go to step 5 on page 9.

Visit the site at http://10.0.0.1. From the site, download the executable file that will automatically configure VPN connections on your operating system and click Open in the confirmation request dialog box.

Note: VPN is not the only way to authenticate users supported in Ideco Gateway. VPN, however, is the recommended way and it will be used by default. From here on, we describe VPN connections.

Note: You can also configure a VPN connection manually. The detailed instructions for configuring VPN connections on various operating systems are available in the Web interface, under section Connect.

Establish a VPN connection using "Administrator" as the login name and "servicemode" as the password.

Important: Login and password are case-sensitive.

After you have established the connection, verify that the system works by issuing the following commands:

ping 10.128.0.0
ping <IP address assigned to you by the ISP>
ping <ISP’s gateway>

If you have followed the instructions to the letter, at this point, both Ideco Gateway and your computer are configured correctly. You can now access the Internet.

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