Sharing VPN through 2nd NIC for IP phone

[swfl]

According to comment in thread1361-1318724 , an IP phone can be plugged into a second NIC shared through a VPN connection. It says:

"1. I added a second NIC to my PC and plugged the i2002 into it.
2. I added internet connection sharing on the VPN connection to NIC #2, and also ticked the box that allowed the NIC to control the VPN connection.
3. Connected to the VPN.
4. Powered on the i2002. It found the BCM server and assigned a DN to it."

Will this really work? When I tried this the second NIC doesn't even connect. Can the phone receive info through the PC port on the phone?

 

[tnphoneman]

Remember windows has now become your router. Would you trust routing to a windows operating system. I would not.

Just my personal opinion. VPN routers are inexpensive pick up one of those.

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[bluemr2]

you will need to use a crossover cable to connect a phone to a PC.

 

[Boomarang]

My experience with this has always worked better the other way around. Connect the wall jack to the IPPhone first, then connect the PC to the PC port on the phone. This eliminates the need for a cross-over and potential service calls when the on-site IT guy can't figure out why the phone doesn't work...

 

[gwebster]

What swfl is trying to do is use a PC with two NIC cards to provide service to the 2002. The one NIC card is connected to the cable/adsl modem and is also configured with a VPN client. That provides the tunnel back to the BCM. The 2002 is either direct-connected to the second NIC (via cross-over cable) or through a basic switch. The PC is configured to "share" the internet connection of the first NIC to the second NIC. Packets to/from the 2002 thus get routed through the PC and over the VPN connection to the BCM.

 

[swfl]

Exactly gwebster. I made a crossover cable, that took care of the connection to the second NIC. I am connected to an incoming connection on my PC at work through my vpn connection at hone . It is assigning ip addresses to my VPN connection at home using DHCP, which is the router at work. When I go to the VPN properties at home, click on advanced ,check the "allow others to connect to the internet through this computer" and specify the second NIC, the second NIC receives an ip of 192.168.0.1 and subnet 255.255.255.0. The router at work has the ip 192.168.0.1, so I changed the second NIC to an unused ip. Should I give the phone a static ip, and if so what gateway should I use?

 

[swfl]

It looks like 192.168.0.1 can't be changed in XP Internet Connection Sharing.