Some NetGears and Linksys units now have full VPN end point connectivity, along with Nexland units and Sonicwalls. They act as the end point requiring no client software on the computers behind them. But almost all allow IPSec Passthrough now (Nexlands are the only ones that allow multiple tunnels), and this is what most VPN concentrators will expect (each client VPN's in individually).
At 09:06 PM 7/13/2002 -0400, Josh Little wrote: >On 7/13/02 5:20 PM, this important TedMail was sent by "David Verty" ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > 1. I like the idea of VPNs connecting users, its always been a good > thing to > > do to secure data. VPNs are used mostly with people who have broadband > > routers implementing FreeBSD or Linux. I'm not so sure if some stand-alone > > firewalls like Linksys will allow VPN connections however. > > > >There actually is a Linksys consumer router/firewall that has its own VPN >capabilities, supporting both IPSec and PPTP. It's fairly configurable, >supporting both DES and 3DES for confidentiality and SHA-1 and MD5 for >integrity. It's about $150, or at least it was when I bought mine. I haven't >gotten to use the VPN aspect of it yet, as my work vetoed non-Netscreen >VPN's for tech workers. I'm waiting till OS X 10.2 comes out with native >IPSec support to test it out personally, as my main away from home machine >is an Apple TiBook. > >The model number is BEFVP41. > >-- >Josh Little >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >PGP: 0x30507C93 >Ars Gladii � Historical European Swordsmanship >http://homepage.mac.com/lvcian/arsgladii >--
