Q: One NIC or two NICs in RRAS

I Have a W2K server with 2 NICS it has DHCP DNS ect running and serves to win98 and XP clients using static IP addresses from 192.168.0.1 - 192.168.0.25 on utp cable connected via a switch. All
 clients access the internet through an ADSL Router set up on
192.168.0.100 and all is well. I have recently installed the second
 NIC on my server and both NICs are on 192.168.0.1 & 192.168.0.2
 respectfully. I have an IP address given to me by my internet
provider but at this point I have run out of steam. I have tried
 connecting the router directly onto NIC 192.168.0.2 and running
 RAS/Routing setup but as soon as I do this the whole network goes
 down so I have to retrace my steps so that every one can keep
 working. I can access the Admin part of my router easily from my
 remote home computer using the IP address given me by my IP provider so I think I have all the components in place. Would any one be good enough to help me set up my windows 200 server as a vpn server in an easy to follow manner as I cannot seem to relate the
 Microsoft white papers that I have found directly to my issue.
 
A1: It really depends on what you want the final setup to look like. There are really only three scenarios that make much sense.

1. Leave the hardware router as the gateway of the LAN, and
 leave the server as a LAN machine with one NIC.
2.  Make the server the gateway of your LAN. In that case, the
 router is not connected to the LAN. It connects only to the "public"
 interface of the server (on a different subnet from the LAN
 interface).
 3. Throw away the router and put the server where the router
 used to be.

 Both 1 and 2 above require using port forwarding on the router
 to get the VPN traffic to the server.

Reply: Fantastic. I got it working using option 1 thank you very much Next problem is I cannot see the network I am connecting to but I can connect to all resources available provided I know its location.
How can I browse the LAN im connecting to as if I was on a wired LAN
client

A2: You won't see anything in NN. VPN is just an IP connection. It doesn't carry LAN broadcasts, so you can't use broadcasts for browsing/name resolution. You will need to use net view \\machinename to see shares and net use \\machinename\filename to share a file. If the LAN isn't running DNS or WINS, you will also need HOSTS/LMHOSTS files for name resolution.

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