Another VPN scenario - from a newbie

Hello,
thank-you daytripper for the info in reply to my previous post, very
helpfull.

But the goalposts have moved, the company I work for currently cannot aford
server software, although I am trying to convince them to go for Win2000
Server.

Will VPN be achievable using Win2000 Pro or WinXP Pro. Would we require any
other Hardware or third party software.

Also which security software would you recommend eg Firewalls etc

Many thanks
Darren

On Thu, 24 Jun 2004 01:13:48 +0100, "Darren Ludlam"
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>Hello,
>thank-you daytripper for the info in reply to my previous post, very
>helpfull.
>
>But the goalposts have moved, the company I work for currently cannot aford
>server software, although I am trying to convince them to go for Win2000
>Server.
>
>Will VPN be achievable using Win2000 Pro or WinXP Pro. Would we require any
>other Hardware or third party software.
>
>Also which security software would you recommend eg Firewalls etc

I'm certain that both Win2K Pro and WinXP Pro provide both client and server
side support as I have used both versions, server and client, myself.

BUT they probably don't allow as many connections as the Server versions, so
if you need to tunnel more than one network client to a given server you may
need a bit more than the straight workstation versions.

As for firewall & rogue application protection applications, every system I
own runs ISS "RealSecure Desktop"
http://www.iss.net/products_services...or_desktop.php

/daytripper (yeah, i suppose that could be considered an endorsement ;-)

Darren Ludlam wrote:
> Hello,
> thank-you daytripper for the info in reply to my previous post, very
> helpfull.
>
> But the goalposts have moved, the company I work for currently cannot
> aford server software, although I am trying to convince them to go
> for Win2000 Server.
>
> Will VPN be achievable using Win2000 Pro or WinXP Pro. Would we
> require any other Hardware or third party software.
>
> Also which security software would you recommend eg Firewalls etc
>
> Many thanks
> Darren

I recommend you to buy a linksys or dlink broadband router with vpn. For
example, a linksys befsx41 wich supports two lan-to-lan tunnels costs less
than u$d 90, and a linksys befvp41 cost around u$d 130 and supports 70
lan-to-lan tunnels. Both devices are also firewalls, support port
redirection and ddns. I strongly recommend you a hardware based solution
like this for vpn.
good luck,

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chabral