The VPN will cross providers. Thanks for the good idea though! At 10:44 PM 2/24/2003 -0600, you wrote:
>Dustin > >You might have already done this, but you might want to talk to the dsl >provider to see if they can provide a VPN solution. Where I work we sell >dsl in Natchitoches, LA and we created a VPN of sorts (I think it >qualifies as a vpn). It's pretty much all done at the ATM layer. The one >we did consists of three offices, a dsl router islocated at each office. >The main office has one ATM PVC that points out to the internet, and also >two other pvc's that point to the routers at the other two locations. Then >each of the routers at the other offices have a single PVC that points to >the router at the main office. That makes all the computers appear to be >on the same phyisical network. I believe they are all on the same >nonroutable network and the router at the main office does NAT for all >three locations. > >I'm not sure what we charge for this service, or if any of the dsl >providers down there are equipped to do the same. But it should be >relativly cheap way to do it. I hope you understood all that, my eyes are >kind of blurry from about 3 hours of counter strike right now, who knows >if this email will make any sense in the morning. =) > >David Jackson wrote: > >>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 >>> >> >> >> >>_______________________________________________ >>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
