Thank you both Robert and John, Both of these products look like they would solve my challenge.
When I researched on my own some of the product literature I found was either too vague or too over the top. Thanks again. Scott, On Friday, February 15, 2008 11:58am, Robert Shubert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > Scott, > > I've been doing this for years with the Linksys RV082 (they make a smaller > and larger model as well). Simply put, they are easy and work well. I use > mine to connect to a Cisco PIX firewall with a high-encryption IPSEC VPN > tunnel. > > Robert > > -----Original Message----- > From: Scott Cadillac [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, February 15, 2008 8:20 AM > To: Witango-Talk > Subject: Witango-Talk: [OT] VPN Enabled Routers > > Hi Folks, > > If anybody is so inclined, I'm looking for recommendations for a VPN enabled > router that handles out-bound tunneling (not pass-thru). > > I don't profess to be a network person, so I'll explain the best I can, so > warning - I'm sure this post will be wordy :-b.... > > I have a particular customer whom I've been doing periodic contract work for > over 6 years. With them I have to use VPN client software to connect to > their network when I deploy something or need to work on their servers. > > With their particular type of VPN connection, once I do the VPN logon my > workstation becomes a part of their network, which inherits a new IP from > their internal LAN. Once I'm connected my workstation is unable to connect > to my own local network. Which is highly inconvenient of course, but I can > deal with that for the most part by running the VPN inside a virtual > machine. > > If I did all my development work on one machine I wouldn't have a problem. > But my setup these days includes the following: > > ~ A heavy-duty desktop running WinXP for the Visual Studio IDE. > > ~ 6 Virtual Machines for browser testing (running on the desktop, which are > separate machines as far as VPN is concerned). > > ~ A Mac Mini for more browser testing. > > ~ Another workstation with Visual Studio for my coding buddy Mark, who also > works in my office, he's not a witango guy ;-) > > ~ And a dedicated Windows 2003 Server for hosting all our code and SQL 2000 > & 2005 databases. > > ~ Oh, and a 1TB Network Attached Storage device that I use for backups. > > I also have 3 other computers on my local network, but those aren't used for > work. > > Anyway, since starting a recent job with this particular customer things are > getting more involved where we need a dedicated VPN connection from both our > workstations and now from the server (which is going to run an automated > database sync routine we're going to build). > > So, is there a router that can handle all VPN (client?) connections to my > customer's external network? Including the following features? > > ~ Automatic transparent VPN connections from any of my local machines. > > ~ Still allow connections to my other network resources? > > ~ Still allow inbound access to my webserver and Remote Desktop (port > forwarding from the outside). > > ~ And still allow out-bound connections to other non-customer external > addresses (the internet). > > Note, my internet service includes 5 static IP addresses, if that makes a > difference. > > So, any ideas? > > Thank you for taking the time to read this. > > Scott, > > > ________________________________________________________________________ > TO UNSUBSCRIBE: Go to http://www.witango.com/developer/maillist.taf > > > ________________________________________________________________________ > TO UNSUBSCRIBE: Go to http://www.witango.com/developer/maillist.taf > > ________________________________________________________________________ TO UNSUBSCRIBE: Go to http://www.witango.com/developer/maillist.taf
