Routing through VPN Connection

Hi,

Got 2 sites, site1 and site2.
Site2 as a client/server VPN connection active to Site1 both on windows 2003
server.

the 2 servers communication is ok, but now I need the workstations from
Site2 to access a exchange server that's in Site1.

How can I configure the Site2 server to route workstation to Site1 ?

I know that is not the best way to do that, but for now is the only way
until a Point to point is setup.

Thxs...
Fred

You really need a site to site VPN to get that working, and that requires
a router at both sites. The VPN is router to router, not client to server.
The routers know how to route traffic for the "other" site through the VPN
link.

If both servers are Windows 2003 there is no reason why you can't set it
up as a site to site VPN. It works best if the VPN server is the gateway
router for the LAN.


"Fred" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:8851C02C-29BC-4AE9-A40B-(E-Mail Removed)...
> Hi,
>
> Got 2 sites, site1 and site2.
> Site2 as a client/server VPN connection active to Site1 both on windows
> 2003
> server.
>
> the 2 servers communication is ok, but now I need the workstations from
> Site2 to access a exchange server that's in Site1.
>
> How can I configure the Site2 server to route workstation to Site1 ?
>
> I know that is not the best way to do that, but for now is the only way
> until a Point to point is setup.
>
> Thxs...
> Fred

Thxs for the reply...

But isn't possible to configure a route with "route add" or in RRAS of the
Site2 server to have the traffic from site2 beeing routed by the 2003 server ?

I'm going to put two sonicwall to do that, but right now, I'm waiting to
received them...

I really need a way to do that temporary...

thxs...

"Bill Grant" wrote:

> You really need a site to site VPN to get that working, and that requires
> a router at both sites. The VPN is router to router, not client to server.
> The routers know how to route traffic for the "other" site through the VPN
> link.
>
> If both servers are Windows 2003 there is no reason why you can't set it
> up as a site to site VPN. It works best if the VPN server is the gateway
> router for the LAN.
>
>
> "Fred" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:8851C02C-29BC-4AE9-A40B-(E-Mail Removed)...
> > Hi,
> >
> > Got 2 sites, site1 and site2.
> > Site2 as a client/server VPN connection active to Site1 both on windows
> > 2003
> > server.
> >
> > the 2 servers communication is ok, but now I need the workstations from
> > Site2 to access a exchange server that's in Site1.
> >
> > How can I configure the Site2 server to route workstation to Site1 ?
> >
> > I know that is not the best way to do that, but for now is the only way
> > until a Point to point is setup.
> >
> > Thxs...
> > Fred
>
>

Not really. What are you going to use as an address? What is the IP
address of the VPN endpoint?

With a site to site connection, the endpoint is a demand dial interface
and you can use a static route pointing to that. With a normal client-server
VPN connection, what would you use?

"Fred" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:FCE924A0-7344-44CF-AAD2-(E-Mail Removed)...
> Thxs for the reply...
>
> But isn't possible to configure a route with "route add" or in RRAS of the
> Site2 server to have the traffic from site2 beeing routed by the 2003
> server ?
>
> I'm going to put two sonicwall to do that, but right now, I'm waiting to
> received them...
>
> I really need a way to do that temporary...
>
> thxs...
>
> "Bill Grant" wrote:
>
>> You really need a site to site VPN to get that working, and that
>> requires
>> a router at both sites. The VPN is router to router, not client to
>> server.
>> The routers know how to route traffic for the "other" site through the
>> VPN
>> link.
>>
>> If both servers are Windows 2003 there is no reason why you can't set
>> it
>> up as a site to site VPN. It works best if the VPN server is the gateway
>> router for the LAN.
>>
>>
>> "Fred" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> news:8851C02C-29BC-4AE9-A40B-(E-Mail Removed)...
>> > Hi,
>> >
>> > Got 2 sites, site1 and site2.
>> > Site2 as a client/server VPN connection active to Site1 both on windows
>> > 2003
>> > server.
>> >
>> > the 2 servers communication is ok, but now I need the workstations from
>> > Site2 to access a exchange server that's in Site1.
>> >
>> > How can I configure the Site2 server to route workstation to Site1 ?
>> >
>> > I know that is not the best way to do that, but for now is the only way
>> > until a Point to point is setup.
>> >
>> > Thxs...
>> > Fred
>>
>>