As much as I hate Watchguard, they offer Firewalls and SOHO devices that support DHCP, it's called DVCP. Works nicely for small offices connecting to main office via the hub and spoke method...
-----Original Message----- From: Jean-Francois Bourdeau [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, March 20, 2003 8:03 AM To: Exchange Discussions Thanks ed The problem is that the customer has a Dynamic IP address at 2 of the location. Establishing somekind of VPN or IPSec tunnel would ne be serious for now because everytime the link change it's ip address, the tunnel would go down. And for now the customer do not have the budget to handle those link upgrade Thanks JF -- Best regards, Jean-Francois mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Hello Ed, Wednesday, March 19, 2003, 6:17:56 PM, you wrote: EC> 1. Probably, but it depends on how heavy the users are, their usage EC> patterns (do they all log in at the same time?), and what else runs over EC> that line. EC> 2. I would think that it would make a whole lot more sense to have the EC> routers tunnel to each other. Regardless of the performance, it'd be a EC> whole lot less hassle to manage. EC> Ed Crowley MCSE+Internet MVP EC> Freelance E-Mail Philosopher EC> Protecting the world from PSTs and Bricked Backups!T EC> -----Original Message----- EC> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] EC> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jean-Francois EC> Bourdeau EC> Sent: Wednesday, March 19, 2003 1:16 PM EC> To: Exchange Discussions EC> Subject: 25-30 external users using outlook through VPN (Exchange on a EC> T1) EC> Hi EC> Queston 1 : Does anyone know if a T1 is enough to handle properly 30 EC> external users using OUtlook 2000 through VPN EC> I know it's a question of how much bandwith is really avalaible but EC> suppose the T1 is only for outlook, did anyone did something with a EC> simillar number of users coming in through VPN EC> Question 2 : do you know if 25 seperate users VPN in (PPTP) on a remote EC> network is using a lot more bandwith than setting up an IPSEC tunnel EC> between the 2 sites (the one with the exchange server and the other site EC> with 25 EC> users) I mean : EC> a) Site A with 25 users doing vpn(PPTP) to access the server on site B EC> that has a T1 EC> b) creating an IPSEC tunnel between both site and aloowing those 25 EC> users to access exchange 5.5 through the tunnel between both site... EC> JF EC> _________________________________________________________________ EC> List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm EC> Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp EC> To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] EC> Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] EC> _________________________________________________________________ EC> List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm EC> Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp EC> To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] EC> Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
