Question : Trouble with VPN

Hey Experts,
I am having trouble setting up a VPN.  Hee is what I have:

A file server in which I want to map drives to remotely.
A Watchguard firewall (firebox III 1000).

I downloaded the VPN client software thinking that all I had to do was intall this on my laptop but then it gets picky on the settings.  How do I get the client software to talk to the firewall, and when that happens how do I get the file server connected to a point that I can see it.  Also, is it possible for me to do all of the configuartions internally or does this all have to be done remotely?  

Answer : Trouble with VPN

<<  How do I get the client software to talk to the firewall >>
You don't.  You are starting out disadvantaging yourself at the outset.

Realize VPN is a P2P Hardware solution (or software emulation of hardware to work) -- it has NOTHING to do with file sharing.  Once you are VPN'd remotely into the local network, is is NOTHING MORE than sitting in the office, hooked to an ethernet cable.  File sharing is done by windows, NOT the VPN.  Once you understand this essential reality, then VPN is very easy -- it is a way to securely login remotely into your local network, once you have done that, all file sharing works fine.

So if you want flawless VPN, get something like 2 linksys routers (or cisco, same routers, higher priced) to talk to each other to creat the VPN at the SECURE hardware level -- after that, file sharing is a no brainer -- it is just windows file sharing.  If you follow this principle, you will never go wrong.