Creating a VPN Between 2 BCM50's

[glimma]

I've got an issue creating a VPN between 2 BCM50's.

The adsl details have been entered on both units and I can see both BCM's and routers across the internet.

Site A IP Details:
Router = 192.168.1.1
BCM = 192.168.1.2

Site B IP Details:
Router = 192.168.2.1
BCM = 192.168.2.1

From site A, I can ping the published IP of the adsl connection for site B, but I can't ping the router or BCM. If I do a trace route then I get 1 hop, which is the router at site A.

From site B, I can ping the published IP of the adsl connection, for site A but I can't ping the router or BCM. If I do a trace route then I get 1 hop, which is the router at site A.

I don't think the VPN Tunnel is setup and working, so how can I check if the tunnel is working?

Also can anybody think of pointers to get this working?

Cheers

 

[tnphoneman]

192.168.x.x is a private address range. You will not be able to ping this across the internet.

 

[Sam173]

Just getting into the BCM, but I noticed the IP address & BCM address of your Router on Site B is same, yet different on site A, would that cause the problem?

 

[glimma]

Even tho 192.168.x.x are private addresses, should I not be able to ping then across my VPN Tunnel?

IP Details for site B should be:
Router = 192.168.2.1
BCM = 192.168.2.2

Sorry fat fingers!

 

[Deweyhumbolt]

Yes, you should be able to ping a private IP through a VPN tunnel.

Adversity is Opportunity

 

[glimma]

So I dont think my vpn is connecting both sites, is there anyway of checking this?

Does anybody know of any software I could use to test/prove the vpn tunnel?

Cheers

 

[glimma]

It looks like the VPN tunnel is connected and workng ok. However I still cannot ping the BCM or router in site A from site B and vice-versa.

I I do a trace route, it hits the router then stops.

Do I need to configure static routes? If I do can somebody tell me how this is done and what format I need to enter them in.

 

[endlesswinter]

Build a static route and there is a setting for branch office tunnel.

 

[glimma]

I've tried to add a static route but all I get is an Error message:

Error! Cannot add an invalid static route entry.

The details I'm entering on site A's router are:

Destination IP Address = 192.168.2.1
IP Subnet Mask = 255.255.255.0
Gateway IP Address = xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx (x is the ip address of the adsl WAN link)

Is this correct?

Also the connection type has been set to Branch Office.

 

[norstarboy125]

subnet masks on BCM 50's are 255.255.255.252

 

[glimma]

So my static route would look like:

Destination IP Address = 192.168.2.1
IP Subnet Mask = 255.255.255.252
Gateway IP Address = xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx (x is the ip address of the adsl WAN link)