VPN Lion Server over Time Capsule

Hi,
well i have a small office of four iMacs and some MBooks, and one mac mini runing os x lion server, all connected with a linksys router. The point is we want to start runing VPN to get access to the intranet website when out of the office. As we checked on apple´s airport reviews it is easy to configure the vpn using a time capsule.
Any one has tried it?

You may have issues.. due to BTMM using ipsec which is hidden into the firmware of the TC and AEBS some people have issues.. PPTP should be ok.
It seems like Apple ignore things like vpn in their testing.. some firmware work and some  don't.
But if you are using the Linksys router.. how does the TC come into the picture??

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    Since the TC is not (as per the above) running either NAT or DHCP, there's not much else to do with it.
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    Personally, I tend to set them the same (e.g. abc.net in this case), but others will recommend a different approach. It's largely personal preference.
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