Michael Perez wrote:
*Can some one explain more on how to set up a VPN on my two routers. i have a LINKSYS BEFSR41 and a SMC BARRICADE SMC7004AWBR. I HAVE LOOKED UP BOTH ROUTERS FROM THEIR RESPECTED MANUFACTORS AND THEY ARE BOTH CAPABLE OF VPN TUNNEL. *I think that you are mistaken. I have a befsr41. According to the support docs at linksys, it supports 1 ipsec connection, "connection (Meaning a client using software to dial into a VPN server) behind the router." In other words, it doesnt do a vpn tunnel itself, but will let you have one come through. BIG DIFFERENCE.
*Can anyone help me figure this out!!*
If you go into the "advanced" configuration tab of your befsr41, you will see "IPSEC pass through" enable/disable. Enabling this should let a vpn tunnel go through the router. You do need to be current on your firmware, which you should do anyhow, because of a security hole in older versions.
Linksys has a vpn router device, the BEFVP41. It has a coprocessor to support the encryption (encryption takes a bit of cpu). This has ipsec/vpn.
As far as the smc product, it looks to be about the same, in the faq:
"Currently the Barricade supports PPTP and IPSec pass-thru feature. You can connect multiple computers to the outside PPTP servers. You can also setup a PPTP server in your intranet. The IPSec pass-thru feature was added in recent firmware upgrades."
Again, in other words, it does not appear to set up/run a tunnel, but it will let it through. SMC does make the SMC7004WFW, which will run one.
jr
