VPN Design ? [7:45927]

2002-06-06 Thread Jeffrey Reed
I havent actually setup a VPN, but think I understand the very basic concepts of a tunnel. Applying to a real life situation is confusing me a little. I have a need to setup a remote office for a customer. They have a 2500 with a very basic NAT configuration, listed below my signature. They do

Re: VPN Design ? [7:45927]

2002-06-06 Thread Craig Columbus
In order for the few PCs in the remote office to have access to the main office servers, do I even need to build a tunnel since they have no firewall? Whether to setup a vpn tunnel or not is dictated by your business needs and the types of services you want the remote office to access, not by

RE: VPN Design ? [7:45927]

2002-06-06 Thread Marshal Schoener
as easy as forcing UDP encapsulation on the server side... Good luck, -Original Message- From: Craig Columbus [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, June 06, 2002 9:37 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: VPN Design ? [7:45927] In order for the few PCs in the remote office to have

RE: VPN Design ? [7:45927]

2002-06-06 Thread Craig Columbus
] Subject: Re: VPN Design ? [7:45927] In order for the few PCs in the remote office to have access to the main office servers, do I even need to build a tunnel since they have no firewall? Whether to setup a vpn tunnel or not is dictated by your business needs and the types of services you want

RE: VPN Design ? [7:45927]

2002-06-06 Thread Marshal Schoener
: RE: VPN Design ? [7:45927] I'm not referring to a strictly static NAT setup. I'm talking about dynamic NAT/PAT, where clients may get a NAT address or may use PAT, depending on pool availability. For example, I had a location that was dropping connections on the PIX and I couldn't figure out

Re: VPN Design ? [7:45927]

2002-06-06 Thread Ben Woltz
I'm not sure if this is exactly what you are referring to Craig, but it might help. We also have had problems doing VPN Client connections behind PAT. Its only in places where the DSL/Cable router cannot support PAT on unknown ports, like UDP 1 which is default for VPN 3000 connections.