From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Rangi Biddle" Date: Tue, 21 Nov 2006 06:20:06 +0000 Subject: [LARTC] VPN Solution Message-Id: <002801c70d35$199a9f60$0101010a@lamachine> MIME-Version: 1 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="===============0423929749==" List-Id: References: <45629969.9050208@riverviewtech.net> In-Reply-To: <45629969.9050208@riverviewtech.net> To: lartc@vger.kernel.org This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --===============0423929749== Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0029_01C70DA2.1093E760" This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0029_01C70DA2.1093E760 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Greetings List Members, I'll firstly apologise if this isn't the place that I should be posting this message but here goes. What I want to do is have a VPN (PPTP/IPSEC/CIPE/etc) server, but it must support more than one simultaneous connection. I currently have a PPTP VPN server setup that has port 1723 and protocol 47 DNAT'd through to the internal IP address of the VPN server and I have not been able to have more than one connection at a time. I am considering setting up the VPN server as a gateway (for lack of a better word) and instead of DNATing the connections through to the internal IP I would setup a DMZ with the VPN server as the only host. My only concern in doing so is that if it does not work what other options do I have besides getting a different connection type such as fibre? I'm trying to do this as cheaply as possible. Any and all comments/suggestions are welcome. Rangi ------=_NextPart_000_0029_01C70DA2.1093E760 Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

Greetings List = Members,

I’ll firstly apologise if this = isn’t the place that I should be posting this message but here = goes.

What I want to do is have a VPN = (PPTP/IPSEC/CIPE/etc) server, but it must support more than one simultaneous = connection.

I currently have a PPTP VPN server setup that = has port 1723 and protocol 47 DNAT’d through to the internal IP = address of the VPN server and I have not been able to have more than one connection = at a time. I am considering setting up the VPN server as a gateway (for = lack of a better word) and instead of DNATing the connections through to the = internal IP I would setup a DMZ with the VPN server as the only host. My only = concern in doing so is that if it does not work what other options do I have = besides getting a different connection type such as fibre? I’m trying to do = this as cheaply as possible.

Any and all comments/suggestions are = welcome.

Rangi

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