IE7 Beta 2

I've just upgraded to Internet Explorer 7.0.5296 Beta 2 and I find the Blogger HTML text editor does not work! When will it be fixed?

IPSec tunnel from Vigor 2900 to ZyXEL ZyWall 35

Today I connected some Vigor 2900's to a ZyXEL 35 using an IPSEC tunnel. The Zyxel settings are unchanged from my blog of 29/01/2006.

Firstly a version check of the kit I'm using:
ZyWALL 35 : V4.00(WZ.5) 01/06/2006
Vigor 2900 : 2.5.6

I've screen dumped the configuration pages below. The network IP address of the ZyWALL network is 192.65.100.0/255.255.255.0. The network address of the Vigor 2900 network is 192.168.65.0/255.255.255.0.

Vigor 2900 Settings


Advanced Setup->VPN and Remote Access Setup->LAN to LAN Profile Setup
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From this screen "Advanced" button


"IKE Pre-Shared Key" button

ZyXEL ZyWALL 35 Client VPN IPSEC Dial In

The ZyWALL 35 does not seem to support dial in IPSEC Windows XP clients. It seems you have to buy the ZyXEL client software if you want to do this. :-(

Free - www.BookMyProperty.com

If you have a holiday home you probably have trouble working out which family members are planning to use it. Have a look at this web site that I wrote (www.BookMyProperty.com). It allows you to create an on-line booking system to automate the process. It's free! Let me know what you think.

IPSec tunnel from Vigor 2600G to ZyXEL ZyWall 35

I recently installed some ZyWALL 35 boxes because they support dual ADSL connections. Here are the settings I used to create an IPSec tunnel from a Vigor 2600G to a ZyXEL ZyWALL 35. Setting up IPSec tunnels between equipment from different manufacturers is always a hassle. Because the ZyWALL has two ADSL connections you have to make sure the data goes out on the right port of the ZyXEL. Unfortunately the ZyWALL does not (yet) support resilient IPSec tunnels.

Firstly a version check of the kit I'm using:

ZyWALL 35 : V4.00(WZ.5) 01/06/2006
Vigor 2600 : 2.5.7_UK

I've screen dumped the configuration pages below. The network IP address of the ZyWALL network is 192.65.100.0/255.255.255.0. The network address of the Vigor 2600 network is 192.168.65.0/255.255.255.0.

Vigor 2600 Settings

Advanced Setup->VPN and Remote Access Setup->LAN to LAN Profile Setup
See Larger Image

From this screen "Advance" [sic] button


"IKE Pre-Shared Key" button



ZyWALL 35
Security->VPN


Click on the edit button for "Andrew Home"

On this screen it's important to enter the IP address of the port that should be used for making a connection to the remote network.

Clicking on the edit button for AJ1 policy


I hope you can read these screen dumps - I'm not sure if Blogger is resizing them.

Free Download - SMTP List

Check out my web site where you can download a program that will list all the SMTP email addresses associated with each Exchange mailbox. The program also shows the email addresses of any email enabled groups.

I wrote this program to help the process of outsourcing Exchange to a third party (Cobweb - http://www.cobweb.co.uk/). This server hosts about 30 domains and most people have 10-20 SMTP email addresses associated with each mailbox. It would be nice if there was a counter that showed how many emails have been received for each address. I'm sure people only receive on one or two addresses but working out the important ones is tricky.

Why does Outlook support just one Exchange account. We have many users who work for several companies and need to access several Exchange accounts in the same instance of outlook. Microsoft - please fix in Office 12!

see www.alquist.co.uk

Compaq R6000 RS232 Serial Lead

This is the pinout of the RS232 serial cable needed to connect a Compaq R6000 UPS to a PC. I could not find this anywhere else on the internet so I have documented it here. This lead is also known by the following HP part numbers:-

295245-004
340912-B21
122922-001