Although I know that you don't want to use old hardware, perhaps you should consider some new, inexpensive hardware, running Linux. A new disk-less station would be relatively cheap to buy. You don't even need a fast processor, but the 1.8 Athlon XP's are pretty right now. Just a floppy drive so that you could use one of the many single-disk router distros (Coyote Linux is one that I know of, that will support VPN, from what I recall).
-David On Mon, 2003-02-24 at 15:02, Dustin Puryear wrote: > We are looking for a solution with no major moving parts (ie., HD). > > At 02:36 PM 2/24/2003 -0600, you wrote: > > >I had luck on reasonable hardware with OpenBSD/IPSec. It can be > >configured as a NAT/Firewall/Router, etc. pretty trivially. At speeds up > >to about 15 Mbit, common hardware does fine. If you have questions about > >my setup let me know. > > > >One more thing - avoid the Symantec VPN boxes at all costs!!!! they blew > >away the ARP tables on my servers. Had to go around and manually clear > >the ARP cache on all of my servers. > > > >Shannon > > > >Dustin Puryear wrote: > > > >>I have a client looking to connect three offices eventually, but only two > >>right now. We are going to first attempt a VPN solution before looking at > >>a leased-line solution due to cost. There is a tight budget involved > >>here, so I am having to avoid some solid choices for the VPN hardware > >>(ie., Cisco). The Internet connection will be through business DSL with > >>768Kbit/s down and 256Kbit/s up at both sites. > >> > >>Currently I'm taking a look at the Netopia R910. Looks good but > >>unfortunately there aren't that many reviews. Any other recommendations? > >>The price range is up to $300 per site. If the product is both a firewall > >>and VPN gateway that's even better, but VPN is the major issue. > >> > >>--- > >>Dustin Puryear <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >>Puryear Information Technology > >>Windows, UNIX, and IT Consulting > >>http://www.puryear-it.com > >> > >> > >> > >>_______________________________________________ > >>General mailing list > >>[email protected] > >>http://oxygen.nocdirect.com/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > > > > > > > > > > > >_______________________________________________ > >General mailing list > >[email protected] > >http://oxygen.nocdirect.com/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > > > --- > Dustin Puryear <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Puryear Information Technology > Windows, UNIX, and IT Consulting > http://www.puryear-it.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > [email protected] > http://oxygen.nocdirect.com/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net
