Re: Need help setting up a VPN server

Tech-Archive recommends: Fix windows errors by optimizing your registry

Yeah, that's what I've read. What I did to reduce people using the signal outside is after business hours, I used the built in rules in the Linksys WRT45G to disable internet access before and after business hours. It is a public wireless internet router meant only for customers. If I were to use RRAS for the vpn server, would I have to have another RRAS box at another location maintaining the site-to-site vpn or can I use a vpn endpoint router to connect to the RRAS box?


Rob

"Phillip Windell" <philwindell@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:#4kIjhfZJHA.1188@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

"Rob" <noemail@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:OBn1V3RZJHA.1336@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Is it recommended to use Server 2003 for VPN server or a hardware appliance?

Either is fine. But you may also consider replacing the "router" *with* the RRAS box (or the appliance). Or use the wireless "router" as the VPN Server if it is capable.

If it were mine, I would be ditching the wireless "router" for something less "home-user" like the RRAS box or a commercial firewall that has VPN capability. For the wireless element I would use a Wireless Access Point [WAP] (not a "router") and have that sitting inside the LAN preferabley far enough from an outside wall as I could get it to reduce the reach of the signal that leaks outside.

--
Phillip Windell
www.wandtv.com

The views expressed, are my own and not those of my employer, or Microsoft,
or anyone else associated with me, including my cats.
-----------------------------------------------------


.

Relevant Pages

  • Re: 2003 RRAS as home router
    ... recently I noticed that my linksys wireless routers wireless is ... RRAS on my domain controller as a router for my home network. ... What DHCP scope options do I need? ...
    (microsoft.public.windows.server.networking)
  • Re: Gaming adapter as access point
    ... remember is that *ALL* 802.11 wireless is bridging. ... Linksys WRT54G/GS with DD-WRT firmware in client mode. ... have to study VPN ... then act as a router on the LAN side. ...
    (alt.internet.wireless)
  • Re: Remote Access Policies for VPN
    ... You can easily check if it is RRAS or your router: connect with VPN from ... your server is ...
    (microsoft.public.windows.server.sbs)
  • NAT, PPTP, VPN and routers
    ... I have two almost identical laptops running XP that connect to their ... out trusty netgear wireless router, ... The replacement was a belkin F5D8630 (pre-n, adsl modem, wireless). ... reliably VPN connection. ...
    (microsoft.public.windowsxp.work_remotely)
  • Re: WRT54G v5.1 vpn issue
    ... laptop to wirelessly connect all works fine. ... the cable box i can vpn to problem. ... If the cable "box" is a router, ... an access point instead of a wireless router. ...
    (alt.internet.wireless)