On Thursday 11 December 2008, 22:08, Mick wrote: > Hi All, > > I would like to set up a VPN connection to a router which is using IKE > & IPsec: > http://www.ciscopress.com/articles/article.asp?p=25474&seqNum=7 > > Would I be able to achieve this using OpenVPN on my gentoo box?
Unfortunately not, openvpn is mostly a software-only product until now and is not found in hardware appliances like routers or firewalls (at least as far as I know). > I read the IPsec HowTo and scared myself to death (it seems long enough > to warrant me taking time off work to read it . . . and at least > another day to try it ;) Yes, Ipsec can be a nightmare. For connecting to cisco, try using vpnc (perhaps with kvpnc if you're under kde) which should work reasonably well. Both programs are in portage. kvpnc also acts as a single interface to handle various kinds of vpn connections (including openvpn, ipsec, pptp (to connect to some microsoft-based servers) and others).
