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Real World VPN Implementation
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| MyoTechie 2002-08-14, 9:48 pm |
| Hey Guys,
Does anyone know of a good resource that details the steps necessary to implement a VPN on a small network? MS has some good resources, but most info seems to cater to large corporate networks.
In my scenario... some sales staff is going to be distributed across the US and needs access to internal network resources (does this sound like an exam scenario or what!).
The network configuration is as such:
1 static IP and 20 PCs in a workgroup (3 run w2k server) behind a single router
Is it correct that the router must support PPTP pass through? Would it be easier to implement a hardware solution? Would it be easier to place the VPN server in front of the router?
I would like to try to do everything using a w2k server box.
Thanks in advance,
MyoTechie | |
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| MyoTechie 2002-08-15, 8:09 am |
| Hey Pavlov,
Thanks for the links  I was actually on both of them yesterday.
I guess being fresh from the 216 VPN info was right up your alley!
I have studied / done labs for the 216 so the setup on the server is not a big problem. I guess that my real question is where to place the VPN server on the physical network. Should I replace the router with the VPN server using 2 NIC cards? Is it possible to have a VPN server with one nic card as a node on a star topology internal network?
Thanks in advance 
I also found another good doc @
http://www.microsoft.com/windows200...VPNoverview.doc | |
| MyoTechie 2002-08-15, 8:13 am |
| Hey Pavlov,
Disregard the last post! I found my answer buried in http://www.microsoft.com/technet/tr...rt2/intch09.asp
Now I just have to get to work on it
TechNet is great, but sometimes I really need to bring a shovel / miner's helmet to get to the info I need  | |
| Pavlov 2002-08-15, 8:20 am |
| Okay try this article, since we're passing relevant links back and forth
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/tr...eguy/cg0101.asp
I would put the VPN behind the router and add packet filters to the Internet interface that only allow VPN traffic to and from the IP address of the VPN server's interface on the Internet. | |
| Pavlov 2002-08-15, 8:21 am |
| Funny - the last link I gave you takes you to the link you gave me We were in the same place - good luck with the VPN - this is great experience for you. | |
| MyoTechie 2002-08-15, 8:26 am |
| *LOL*
Funny about the links
Yeah, I am looking forward to gaining some experience with this. I think that more and more business need internal network access from abroad and VPNs are a great solution.
Once again congrats on the 216! | |
| twister166 2002-08-17, 10:09 pm |
| For my small clients, setting a MS Win2k box is too expensive on hardware and setup time, I have been using the VPN router from Linksys. 20 minutes and done. Only the clients takes about 10 minutes to configure and test. | |
| MyoTechie 2002-08-17, 10:30 pm |
| Hey twister166,
Thanks for the info. I am definitely mulling over the option of using a VPN router.
The company might not have an old box that I could snag for the VPN setup. I think that I am also a bit caught up trying to use my newly attained knowledge to create the solution | |
| twister166 2002-08-17, 11:00 pm |
| Sometimes, the best solution is the one that is simple and works. Time is money |
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