Re: Branch Office VPN Options

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From: Andy Williams (andy.williams_at_profcomputing.com)
Date: 09/15/04 

Date: Wed, 15 Sep 2004 06:02:27 -0700

Hello Javier,

The customer currently has a single static IP at the
branch office and a single static IP at the main office.
However, we could obtain a second static IP at the main
office if required.

Thanks,

Andy Williams
Professional Computing Solutions

>-----Original Message-----
>Hi Andy!
>
>What you want to do is certainly possible and not so
very complicated. In
>fact, I have that a very similar setup between 2 offices
using a Linksys
>RV082 and a BEFSX41. Before I start to layout a solution
here... I want to
>ask you if you have (or can get) 2 public IPs on the
main office?
>
>--
>Javier [SBS MVP]
>
><< SBS ROCKS!!! >>
>
>"Andy Williams" <andy.williams@profcomputing.com> wrote
in message
>news:0de101c49a95$40d82c10$a601280a@phx.gbl...
>>I have spent some considerable time over the past few
>> days searching for some tried-and-true recommendations
>> for connecting one of my customer's main office SBS2000
>> system to a branch office, and have come up
>> disappointingly short. I would appreciate any
experience
>> and recommendations from the community.
>>
>> Both main and branch offices have DSL Internet
>> connections, with the main office operating through a
>> standard SBS2000/ISA2000 system. The branch office PC's
>> currently connect to the SBS system via the built-in
>> WinXP PPTP VPN client.
>>
>> They would like to join the two networks with a site-
to-
>> site VPN, and take advantage of full client access
(join
>> the domain) for Exchange email and ISA Server
filtering.
>> This seems like a simple request, using any of the
>> currently available VPN routers (Linksys RV042 would be
>> the starting point). However, the documentation I've
>> reviewed indicates that it is essentially impossible to
>> connect the standard IPSec tunnel mode VPN of one of
>> these routers to the ISA Server. Is that true?
>>
>> If this is such a major problem, what are other
solutions
>> to the problem, short of the expense of installing a
>> second Windows server, possibly with ISA server, in the
>> branch office? Isn't there a better way for my small
>> business customer?
>>
>> What about a router-to-router VPN connection that
somehow
>> still leaves ISA in-place and functioning in the main
>> office?
>>
>>
>> Thanks for any help that you can provide,
>>
>> Andy Williams
>> Professional Computing Solutions
>>
>
>
>.
>

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