Hi,

I was recently assigned the task to setup VPN on a CISCO 1710 router we
bought at work for testing. Unfortunately, I have no previous experience
on CISCO routers and I cannot find documentation on how to enable VPN or
how to configure it to accept VPN connections from CISCO's own VPN Client
software.

Does anyone know where I can find more information or sample
configurations on how to do this?

I was successful in setting Microsoft's VPN between client and server by
modifying the access-list and just opening certain ports + protocols.
However, what I really need to test is the CISCO's VPN implementation.

Any tips or pointers would be greatly appreciated!

-David Ko

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Check Cisco's website. You may have to wade through some config
examples to find what you need to do.

Unfortunately, most here would consider this relatively advanced if
you have never setup basic routing before on a Cisco router. If you
have no experience with Cisco, why must it be the 1710??



On Mon, 24 Mar 2003 10:16:50 -0800, Sun-Wei David Ko <sko@cs.ucr.edu>
wrote:

>Hi,
>
>I was recently assigned the task to setup VPN on a CISCO 1710 router we
>bought at work for testing. Unfortunately, I have no previous experience
>on CISCO routers and I cannot find documentation on how to enable VPN or
>how to configure it to accept VPN connections from CISCO's own VPN Client
>software.
>
>Does anyone know where I can find more information or sample
>configurations on how to do this?
>
>I was successful in setting Microsoft's VPN between client and server by
>modifying the access-list and just opening certain ports + protocols.
>However, what I really need to test is the CISCO's VPN implementation.
>
>Any tips or pointers would be greatly appreciated!
>
>-David Ko

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He he he. It's even harder doing user VPN support. Now you need to
learn AAA and setup a RADIUS server (or use a local list).

Really, for user VPN, you should use a 3000 series concentrator.
There are some limitations with the routers, like no NAT traversal.
Everyone will need a public IP on the Cisco client. With a 3000
concentrator, there is no such limitation. You'll also *require* IOS
version 12.2.8T or better to support the 3000 client on a router.
(IPSEC enabled IOS of course)

I don't mean any of this to sound insulting, and I apologize if it
does, but it's quite an advanced config for a router, especially if
you've never played with Cisco IOS before.



On Mon, 24 Mar 2003 13:28:00 -0800, Sun-Wei David Ko <sko@cs.ucr.edu>
wrote:

>I searched on CISCO's website and it seems like most of the "how-to"
>documents refers to router-to-router VPN scenarios. I am having a hard
>time finding configuration for a router to support remote VPN clients
>(such as the CISCO VPN Client v.3.6.3).
>
>I think the reason why we bought the 1710 is because it was one of the
>cheaper models with VPN support according to the product specifications.
>Is there no easy way to configure CISCO routers for beginners? I spend
>quite a bit of time just figuring out how to append things onto an
>access-list.
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>Any recommendations in terms of books to have for beginners to
>jumpstart the learning process on CISCO routers?
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>-David
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>On Mon, 24 Mar 2003, Robert wrote:
>
>> Check Cisco's website. You may have to wade through some config
>> examples to find what you need to do.
>>
>> Unfortunately, most here would consider this relatively advanced if
>> you have never setup basic routing before on a Cisco router. If you
>> have no experience with Cisco, why must it be the 1710??
>>
>>
>>
>> On Mon, 24 Mar 2003 10:16:50 -0800, Sun-Wei David Ko <sko@cs.ucr.edu>
>> wrote:
>>
>> >Hi,
>> >
>> >I was recently assigned the task to setup VPN on a CISCO 1710 router we
>> >bought at work for testing. Unfortunately, I have no previous experience
>> >on CISCO routers and I cannot find documentation on how to enable VPN or
>> >how to configure it to accept VPN connections from CISCO's own VPN Client
>> >software.
>> >
>> >Does anyone know where I can find more information or sample
>> >configurations on how to do this?
>> >
>> >I was successful in setting Microsoft's VPN between client and server by
>> >modifying the access-list and just opening certain ports + protocols.
>> >However, what I really need to test is the CISCO's VPN implementation.
>> >
>> >Any tips or pointers would be greatly appreciated!
>> >
>> >-David Ko
>>
>>

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