[vpn] Transparent bridging over Cisco VPN?

schowning steve at rotdoctor.com
Fri Jun 21 11:26:15 EDT 2002


Open Door Networks has some client software that converts AppleTalk 
to TCP/IP which should then be able to be transmitted over any normal 
network. Check out:
http://www.opendoor.com/shareway/
for more info.

Steve Chowning

>How about redirecting the vpn tunnel to the internet router and then
>tunneling the appletalk in an IP friendly packet to the remote site?
>
>JT
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Jim Dueltgen" <jimd at lmi.net>
>To: <vpn at securityfocus.com>
>Sent: Thursday, June 20, 2002 6:16 PM
>Subject: [vpn] Transparent bridging over Cisco VPN?
>
>
>>  I'm wondering if anyone knows whether or not the Cisco 3000-series
>>  VPN servers (or any other VPN concentrator you're familiar with)
>>  support protocol-transparent bridging to remote hardware clients,
>>  such as the Cisco 806 Broadband router or the VPN 3002 Hardware
>>  Client.  The literature for the 806 seems to suggest it's possible at
>>  that end but I can't find anything one way or the other on the
>>  3000-series.  The question is being driven by the need to support
>>  Appletalk over a VPN sooner than all the end-users can reasonably
>>  upgrade to OS X which would eliminate the need to use Appletalk and
>>  transparent bridging.  I've done this in point-to-point applications
>>  with low-end FlowPoint/Efficient DSL routers but that won't work for
>>  us in this situation.  Any guidance would be appreciated.
>>
>>  Regards,
>>
>>
>>  - Jim Dueltgen
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