I user Fortinet SOHO units for some small offices on cable modem needing site-to-site VPN to our HQ units. They should speak to other non-Fortinet firewalls just fine since your HQ unit probably isn't Fortinet. They are I think $300- $600 depending on the model and options. The Fortinet devices can do all of them as well as content filtering, bandwidth managment, and other typical firewall options you'd expect.
Tom Miller Engineer, Information Technology Hampton-Newport News Community Services Board 757-788-0528 >>> "Matthew W. Ross" <mr...@ephrataschools.org> 02/25/09 6:33 PM >>> Greetings List, I've got a small lab of computers offsite. I want to be able to access them for support from HQ. While dail-in style VPN works okay, I'm thinking of getting a real site-to-site network solution working. I do want all traffic between the two sites encrypted, I've looked at IPSec and OpenVPN. For our situation, neither worked well. So, I figured I'd ask the list: What is a good Site to Site VPN solution? Qualifications we're looking for (In order of importance): 1. Cheap, as in less than $1000. 2. Easy to use. Somebody with basic routing knowledge should be able to configure it. 3. Reliable. Works well with all kinds of traffic. Doesn't drop connections often, maybe tries to re-establish when connection is lost. SMB shares over the VPN work well. Maybe even a VOIP user or two... Anybody know of anything that can do these? How about any 2 out of the 3? Let me know what did work for you and what did not. Thanks! --Matt Ross Ephrata School District ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message, including attachments, is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure, or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
