But see my more recent post -  configure the firewall with the same identity
for both VPN profiles (and change the client accordingly) and you should get
round the problem

-- Graham

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> Mike Burden
> Sent: 17 September 2001 14:35
> To: GNAT Box Users Group (E-mail)
> Cc: GNAT Box Support (E-mail)
> Subject: RE: You can't take it with you...
>
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> Ah!
>
> What Graham said solved a mystery for me - I have a Customer
> where each VPN client has two VPN connections defined, one
> to each of two networks behind the same GNAT Box.
>
> The Customer is, of course, running into licensing problems
> because each VPN client is taking two licenses rather than
> one.
>
> The problem is that on the VPN Client there is no way to
> specify that one VPN connection can be used for multiple
> networks.  On the GNAT Box end this can be handled by
> using Address Objects.
>
> It looks like what we need is some way to specify multiple
> networks in the VPN Client configuration.
>
> Mike Burden
> Lynk Systems
> http://www.lynk.com
> (616)532-4985
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> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Graham Jones [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Sent: Saturday, September 15, 2001 8:01 AM
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> > Subject: RE: You can't take it with you...
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> > > From: Mike Burden [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > > Sent: 14 September 2001 23:42
> > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; GNAT Box Users Group (E-mail)
> > > Subject: RE: You can't take it with you...
> > >
> > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: Graham Jones [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > > > Sent: Friday, September 14, 2001 9:47 AM
> > > > To: GNAT Box Users Group (E-mail); ADG
> > > > Cc: ADG
> > > > Subject: RE: You can't take it with you...
> > > > [...]
> > > >     "5. VPN - VPN client licensing is now enforced on the
> > firewall.
> > > >        Previously licensing was enforced on the workstation.
> > > >
> > > >     6. VPN - Systems that support mobile VPN clients
> > (GB-100, GB-1000,
> > > >        and GB-Flash) now support one mobile VPN client
> > connection by
> > > >        default.  Additional concurrent connections require
> > > > the purchase
> > > >        of activation codes."
> > > >
> > > > I don't understand how 5 works, but I can see that 6 will be
> > > > relevant for
> > > > users wanting more than two or more concurrent VPN
> > > > connections - and that
> > > > each GB-1000 of a HA pair will require an activation code.
> > > > Is this what
> > > > Mike Burden meant?
> > >
> > >
> > > That's exactly right.  If you have an HA pair and need 10 concurrent
> > > VPN users, then you actually have to purchase two 10 user
> > VPN licenses,
> > > one for each GB-1000.
> > >
> > > Mike Burden
> > > Lynk Systems
> > > http://www.lynk.com
> > > (616)532-4985
> > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >
> > It's even more restrictive.  For our customer with version
> > 3.1.3 the GB-1000
> > is configured with 4 VPN authorisation profiles all relating
> > to the same VPN
> > client.  Each profile allows a connection to a separate
> > internal network at
> > the customer.  The VPN client has 4 connections, one relating
> > to each of the
> > four networks at our customer.
> >
> > If we have just one VPN authorisation profile on the GB-1000
> > it is possible
> > to connect to each of these networks - but not simultaneously
> > - and changing
> > from one to another means waiting for the secure connection
> > to renegotiate.
> > But with four profiles and v3.1.3 it was possible to have
> > four simultaneous
> > connections, one to each network.
> >
> > Now we have upgraded this customer to v3.2.1 it is clear that
> > only one VPN
> > authorisation profile can be active at a time; an attempt to
> > access a second
> > network fails.  This despite the fact that the same VPN
> > client is being used
> > to attempt the connection to the second network.
> >
> > I cannot see that this is a reasonable restriction - because
> > the VPN client
> > is the same for each connection.  It therefore appears that
> > the licence is
> > for the number of conncurrent VPN connections, not the number
> > of concurrent
> > VPN clients.
> >
> > Regards,
> > �
> > -- Graham Jones
> > Linnet Solutions Ltd.
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > 01953 717605 or
> > 077 74 894200
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