Basically, you will have to deploy hardware at both the locations to terminate the VPN tunnel. You can look at netscreen boxes. You can buy a netscreen-5 for about $500. They act as great firewalls too.
-Imran CCNA and CCNP (Routing and Switching) Studying for CCIE Written --- Michael Linehan wrote: > In the case of the PIX 501 would you set up a box at > each site and make them > peers? Or would you set up one office with the 501 > and make the other a > slave? Or (as I am assuming) is it possible to do it > either way? > > Thanks, > Michael Linehan > Systems Consultant > Alignex, Inc. > 952-224-5344 > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Symon Thurlow" > To: "Michael Linehan" ; > Sent: Friday, February 14, 2003 10:44 AM > Subject: RE: Connecting two small offices [7:63042] > > > PIX 501 would be a good Cisco solution, or you could > go for a linux > based FW on a PC, such as Ipcop. > > Symon > > -----Original Message----- > From: Michael Linehan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 14 February 2003 16:13 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Connecting two small offices [7:63042] > > > Great networking guru's: > > I have not done much in the way of networking small > offices together. I > would imagine that a private WAN link will be too > expensive for the > company. What are the logical options as far as > setting up VPN between > two small offices that have DSL level bandwidth? > > Thanks, > Michael Linehan > Systems Consultant > Alignex, Inc. > 952-224-5344 > > > --- > Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. > Checked by AVG anti-virus system > (http://www.grisoft.com). > Version: 6.0.449 / Virus Database: 251 - Release > Date: 1/27/2003 > ============================================= > > This email has been content filtered and > subject to spam filtering. If you consider > this email is unsolicited please forward > the email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and > request that the sender's domain be > blocked from sending any further emails. > > ============================================= [EMAIL PROTECTED] ===== Imran Moin Network Engineering and Operations University of Colorado, Boulder CCNA, CCNP (switching) __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Tax Center - forms, calculators, tips, more http://taxes.yahoo.com/ Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=63607&t=63042 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]