Connecting 2 small networks together using VPN hardware

Hi,
I currently have two Symantec Firewall / VPN 100's on order. According
to Symantec technical presales, these two boxes have everything in them
that is included to link two small offices together. I have two offices:
The main office has 4 workstations and a Windows 2003 server. The remote
office has 4 workstations. Both offices have a 1.5/512 DSL connection
with a static IP on both ends. I currently own (personally) a Symantec
Firewall / VPN 200 that works great, however, I dont run a vpn into my
house. Does anyone have any suggestions or experience related to this
setup. I need the remote to use a couple small apps that reside on the
PDC located in main office. I am somewhat familiar with client to server
VPN's, but I havent ever setup point to point through hardware.

Thanks in advance!
Regards,
Alan

Start here:

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/u...nmore/ics.mspx


http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/u...pert/vpns.mspx

http://www.windowsdevcenter.com/pub/...onnection.html

Just google it

KK

"Alan Bildzukewicz" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:bsmdnXqPWbZ5xs7cRVn-(E-Mail Removed)...
> Hi,
> I currently have two Symantec Firewall / VPN 100's on order. According
> to Symantec technical presales, these two boxes have everything in them
> that is included to link two small offices together. I have two offices:
> The main office has 4 workstations and a Windows 2003 server. The remote
> office has 4 workstations. Both offices have a 1.5/512 DSL connection
> with a static IP on both ends. I currently own (personally) a Symantec
> Firewall / VPN 200 that works great, however, I dont run a vpn into my
> house. Does anyone have any suggestions or experience related to this
> setup. I need the remote to use a couple small apps that reside on the
> PDC located in main office. I am somewhat familiar with client to server
> VPN's, but I havent ever setup point to point through hardware.
>
> Thanks in advance!
> Regards,
> Alan

also this seems to be a good description:

http://www.oucs.ox.ac.uk/network/vpn...dex.xml.ID=w2k

KK

"Alan Bildzukewicz" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:bsmdnXqPWbZ5xs7cRVn-(E-Mail Removed)...
> Hi,
> I currently have two Symantec Firewall / VPN 100's on order. According
> to Symantec technical presales, these two boxes have everything in them
> that is included to link two small offices together. I have two offices:
> The main office has 4 workstations and a Windows 2003 server. The remote
> office has 4 workstations. Both offices have a 1.5/512 DSL connection
> with a static IP on both ends. I currently own (personally) a Symantec
> Firewall / VPN 200 that works great, however, I dont run a vpn into my
> house. Does anyone have any suggestions or experience related to this
> setup. I need the remote to use a couple small apps that reside on the
> PDC located in main office. I am somewhat familiar with client to server
> VPN's, but I havent ever setup point to point through hardware.
>
> Thanks in advance!
> Regards,
> Alan

If you just need to remote to the PDC to run some apps, just use Remote
Desktop.

As far as your routers go, open up tcp port 3389, and for any other
firewalls, do the same.

"Alan Bildzukewicz" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:bsmdnXqPWbZ5xs7cRVn-(E-Mail Removed)...
> Hi,
> I currently have two Symantec Firewall / VPN 100's on order. According to
> Symantec technical presales, these two boxes have everything in them that
> is included to link two small offices together. I have two offices: The
> main office has 4 workstations and a Windows 2003 server. The remote
> office has 4 workstations. Both offices have a 1.5/512 DSL connection with
> a static IP on both ends. I currently own (personally) a Symantec Firewall
> / VPN 200 that works great, however, I dont run a vpn into my house. Does
> anyone have any suggestions or experience related to this setup. I need
> the remote to use a couple small apps that reside on the PDC located in
> main office. I am somewhat familiar with client to server VPN's, but I
> havent ever setup point to point through hardware.
>
> Thanks in advance!
> Regards,
> Alan