setting up server connection

Hello all,


So far, my server project is going along pretty smoothly...

...only in my local network. Once I leave my home, I have no access via VNC (also can't use Wake-on-LAN).

I narrowed the problem down to how my home network is set up. I have a DSL modem (Westell 6200) that is directly-connected to my ISP, and the single Ethernet port on it is taken up by my wireless router (Netgear WGR614v7), where all my computers are hooked up to. The Westell's LAN port is set to 192.168.1.254, with the DHCP on that giving my Netgear 192.168.1.97. Currently, my Netgear gives it's own DHCP to the clients, using the 192.168.5.0 network (router being .1, and a static NAT address of .2 to the server).

I can communicate between my laptop and my server just fine when both are on the local LAN, but in order to connect outside of home, I have to share my public IP (going into the Westell) to the server (connected to Netgear). Tried disabling DHCP on the Netgear (didn't work) and changing the Netgear's DHCP to the same network as the Westell, but it refuses to use that and reverts to the default 10.0.0.0 network if I try that.

Is there any way to try forcing the Netgear to accept the 192.168.1.0 network settings in its DHCP, or should I simply toss out the Westell and use the Netgear to connect to my ISP?

 

Have you forwarded proper port for VNC (usually 5900)?

 

Yes, I set both the modem and the router to forward VNC. I'm thinking that the VNC packets can't forward through two private networks...

 

So you set it up to forward WAN (5900) to 192.168.1.97 (5900) on a modem and then 192.168.5.1 (5900) to 192.168.5.2 (5900) on the router?

 

I would ditch the router you have now and get a layer 3 device that supports multiple "zones"(juniper term).

It would make this much easier.