I want to try installing a VPN router to VPN router connection from our office to my home. What brand (or model) of router is best and easiest for this connection? I never tried this type of connection before so I will be winging it. I will be trying to connect a Nortel BCM ip phone through this connection. Any input will be appreciated! :shrug:
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Great question... I am interested in this exact topic too!
Will be waiting for an answer
- Tony Ohio Data LLC Phone systems, data networks, firewalls and servers in Central Ohio. Some people aren't used to an environment where excellence is expected.
Presumably no at your home. If this is the case zyxel makes some pretty cheap ones that will allow you to build a vpn route between a static and non-static address. When the non-static address changes form the ISP, the remote location will report back to the static adress router, which will then rebuild/reconfigure the tunnel.
I will be using static addresses and maybe 1 non-static. Does the Zyxel have a wizard for installing the VPN? What model of Zyzel do you use? Has anyone used the Linksys router rvs4000? Thanks for the answers!
Please bear with me, since I have not done any VPN-ing at all.
So... if I am understanding this correctly I can have Zyxel box A at the office, on a static IP and at each customers site I can install Zyxel box B, which will be DHCP and find Zyxel box A every time it is re-booted and or gets new IP?
I can then be on my network at the office and connect through the Zyxel VPN and Administrate our phone system, is this correct?
If so that would be way cool, as we have some sites that we can never connect to via dial-up any more.
- Tony Ohio Data LLC Phone systems, data networks, firewalls and servers in Central Ohio. Some people aren't used to an environment where excellence is expected.
The only problem you might run into if you are wanting to install them at customer sights(other than the CG) is most of the lower end vpn devices have a limit on the amount of active tunnels...usually 5-10 tunnels.
Okay, so it would work as I inquired, but I couldn't have 50 installed at once and working.
So maybe for every 10 sites, I would have to add another "Box A" at the office in theory?
If so that's cool and it's a start. Thanks!
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Any ideas on a product that could support 100+ "Box B"'s connecting to the Office "Box A"?
- Tony Ohio Data LLC Phone systems, data networks, firewalls and servers in Central Ohio. Some people aren't used to an environment where excellence is expected.
If you plan on having that many sites connected, then a higher end vpn endpoint would be a better solution. If you are buying new, it'll cost ya, but there are plenty of Cisco Pix 506E's floating around ebay most of the time with unlimited tunnel licenses.
Another thing to consider if you actually plan on setting up that many VPN's, you might not want to put "box A" on your normal office network since that would allow that many sites to have access to your computers etc at the office.
