Brian,
I had to work up a quote for a customer for this
very solution and I was also amazed at the price of
the PIX506. I'd suggest getting the 3DES upgrade for
minimal extra cost to maximize security. The 506 can
do 7mb/sec at 3DES, 10mb/sec at DES. This is more than
enough, unless you have a bunch of aDSL/cable users
and a T3. The Cisco Secure Client is dirt cheap (about
$2.50 per user) and is fairly easy to configure. I
implemented this on my home lab with a IOS
Firewall/IPSec image. You can download the VPN client
from Cisco, if you have the access. You'll also need a
mean to authenticate. I used a shareware
Radius/Tacacs+ server and it worked fine. You can also
use the NT database for authentication, but you might
need the Cisco Secure ACS for NT for that (really
expensive), also downloadable from Cisco if you have
the access. Good luck on your VPN.
Regards,
Frank Zahrt, CCNP CCDP
NEC Senior Network Engineer
--- "Parris, Brian" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Once again, I'd like to stress that I am not a Cisco
> expert.............
>
> Has anyone used a PIX as a VPN solution for remote
> clients? I was unaware
> that this could be done until I read about it on
> Cisco's site.
>
> I was going to get a VPN Concentrator and a PIX but
> why would I need both if
> this is true?
>
> I also read that with the new PIX software that I
> could also use PPTP rather
> than just Ipsec.
>
> I have 50 remote users (via other ISP's). My
> company has said no to every
> solution I have come up with because they will not
> put up the money. A PIX
> 506 and VPN Client Software (100 users) would only
> run about $1500. Does
> this sound possible or am I only dreaming!?
>
> TIA,
> Brian Parris
> Systems Administrator
> www.carotek.com <http://www.carotek.com>
>
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