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Originally Posted by Quicksilver
Ok. I talked to brother inlaw again and found out that he has a wireless card in his computer but has problems accessing his company's system because of VPN. I know there has to be some sort of access codes and passwords that should let a person in a secure network. I can configure VPN here at home and I know that anyone who wishes to gain access to my system has to be provided the information to configure their computer to gain access. My question is what specifically should he ask for in order to gain access to his his company's network? It seems to me that in 2006 a person with a laptop should not have this problem.
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Ok, let's take a step back here.
He has a wireless card. That's good. What kind of wifi card is it? a/b or a/b/g? If he has a G and your airport only handles a/b, then it won't work.
He has VPN software on his laptop. This has nothing to do with accessing your airport. The VPN software provided by his company is so that once he's established a connection to the internet, he can then establish a secure connection to his company's firewall and hence access to their private network.
If he can access your airport, and it acts as a DHCP server, he should not have a problem getting on the internet. The next problem is establishing a VPN connection back to his company.
That being said, your airport has to be configured to allow for a VPN connection to pass through it. This is probably where the problem is.