General VPN Question

First time to set up a VPN so am looking for "friendliest" choice. Have
tried in vain to use 2 different Linksys routers and their Quickvpn client.
After hours on the phone with them, they gave up and I have since discovered
most people have given up. Can anyone suggest an inexpensive product
(Netgear ?) to use. I will only have about 8 remote users needing access to
our LAN. Big brownie points for easy setup and use. Remote users have a
variety of configurations at home -- some with routers, some not, some
cable, some dsl, etc.

Thanks

If you have windows server, just enable RRAS to setup PPTP VPN.

these page may help,

Setup Windows VPN Client
Setup Windows VPN server


Bob Lin, MS-MVP, MCSE & CNE
How to Setup Windows, Network, VPN & Remote Access on http://www.HowToNetworking.com
Networking, Internet, Routing, VPN Troubleshooting on http://www.ChicagoTech.net
"Dave Mc" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:7B65C5F3-D3E8-4CB2-99E6-(E-Mail Removed)...
First time to set up a VPN so am looking for "friendliest" choice. Have
tried in vain to use 2 different Linksys routers and their Quickvpn client.
After hours on the phone with them, they gave up and I have since discovered
most people have given up. Can anyone suggest an inexpensive product
(Netgear ?) to use. I will only have about 8 remote users needing access to
our LAN. Big brownie points for easy setup and use. Remote users have a
variety of configurations at home -- some with routers, some not, some
cable, some dsl, etc.

Thanks

In news:eHDNZu%(E-Mail Removed),
Robert L [MS-MVP] <(E-Mail Removed)> typed:
> If you have windows server, just enable RRAS to setup PPTP VPN.

But note that PPTP is really not very secure.
>
> these page may help,
>
> Setup Windows VPN Client
> Setup Windows VPN server
>
>
> Bob Lin, MS-MVP, MCSE & CNE
> How to Setup Windows, Network, VPN & Remote Access on
> http://www.HowToNetworking.com
> Networking, Internet, Routing, VPN Troubleshooting on
> http://www.ChicagoTech.net
> "Dave Mc" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:7B65C5F3-D3E8-4CB2-99E6-(E-Mail Removed)...
> First time to set up a VPN so am looking for "friendliest" choice.
> Have
> tried in vain to use 2 different Linksys routers and their Quickvpn
> client.
> After hours on the phone with them, they gave up and I have since
> discovered
> most people have given up. Can anyone suggest an inexpensive
> product
> (Netgear ?) to use. I will only have about 8 remote users needing
> access to
> our LAN. Big brownie points for easy setup and use. Remote users
> have a
> variety of configurations at home -- some with routers, some not,
> some
> cable, some dsl, etc.
>
> Thanks

In news:7B65C5F3-D3E8-4CB2-99E6-(E-Mail Removed),
Dave Mc <(E-Mail Removed)> typed:
> First time to set up a VPN so am looking for "friendliest" choice.
> Have tried in vain to use 2 different Linksys routers and their
> Quickvpn client. After hours on the phone with them, they gave up and
> I have since discovered most people have given up. Can anyone
> suggest an inexpensive product (Netgear ?) to use. I will only have
> about 8 remote users needing access to our LAN. Big brownie points
> for easy setup and use. Remote users have a variety of
> configurations at home -- some with routers, some not, some cable,
> some dsl, etc.
>
> Thanks

I personally like Sonicwalls - "inexpensive" being a relative term. The
Global VPN Client is easy to use. Be careful with VPN whatever you do - I
don't like allowing VPN access from non-company computers/laptops, as it's a
big security risk - at any rate, be sure you force clients to 'use remote
gateway' when the tunnel is enabled, as otherwise anyone compromising their
home networks/computers from *their* Internet connection will have free
access to your company network.