RE: Permanent Branch Office VPN

Ken

Many thanks for your comments - it seems that the 1 x NIC route is the one
to go down.

Tony

"Ken D" wrote:

> I have a customer that has 13 stores connected thru linksys RV series
> Routers. however here is the catch. to do it we had to set it up to work you
> MUST use single network card setup on SBS2003. it is extremely slow, works
> great for auth. however if you are going to do redirection, only do Documents
> Redirection, dont do Desktop or application data, also any group policy
> changes must be updated manually using the gpupdate -force command
>
> ps for this to work you have to be using firmware version 1.3.3 or later in
> the router. if you have any questions feel free to contact me
>
> "Tony Y" wrote:
>
> > I am trying to connect 2 x client PC's at our branch office via a permanent
> > router to router VPN connection. I basically require the 2 x client PC's to
> > act as if they were directly attached to our network at head office, with
> > full access to shared resources and so we can transfer files backwards and
> > forwards. Both offices have ADSL broadband and Static IP's.
> >
> > We have SBS 2003 Standard with 2 x NIC's. Below is the network topology I
> > require to be implemented.
> >
> > HEAD OFFICE BRANCH OFFICE
> >
> > LAN
> > 192.168.16.3/50 192.168.16.2
> > Clients<----------->Server<------>Router1<--INTERNET-->Router2<--->Clients x 2
> > WAN 192.168.0.3 192.168.0.2 192.168.3.2
> > 192.168.3.3/15
> >
> > I have the tunnel established between the 2 VPN Firewall routers so that bit
> > is OK.
> >
> > The only ping I CANNOT make successfully is from 192.168.3.3 to 192.168.16.2.
> >
> > This is basically because there is no route from the WAN side of the
> > network, to the LAN side of the network at head office.
> >
> > Does some one know how to create this route from WAN to LAN, to allow access
> > for the remote clients?
> >
> > Many of the other forums I have posted this connundrum in, just suggest to
> > remove the 2nd NIC. Doesn't this go against the ethos of SBS 2003?
> >
> > Any helpful suggestions will be greatly appreciated.
> >
> > Tony Y
> >
> >
> >
> >
.

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