[VPN] Linksys BEFVP41

Justin Pember justinp at adapt.iinet.net.au
Mon Apr 28 05:57:57 EDT 2003


Any input regarding this situation would be greatly appreciated. :-)

 

I have two sites, one with a DSL connection with a static IP address,
the other with a microwave connection also with a static public IP. A
VPN needs to be set up to provide LAN to LAN communication between the
sites, as well as allow several remote users to connect to one of the
LAN's via a VPN.

 

Would the Linksys BEFVP41 be suitable for this situation with the
following considerations?

 

1) A server on the LAN that is on the microwave connection needs to
provide web and mail services to the internet. Is it easy to setup port
forwarding to the server so it can still provide these public services
from inside the private network with the BEFVP41? The site only has the
single public IP address.

 

2) Several more sites will eventually be added that will also need a LAN
to LAN connection. The BEFVP41 is capable of 70 VPN tunnels, but can it
do multiple end to end type tunnels between LAN's and route any internal
traffic to any other point on one of the other LAN's?

 

3) The BEFVP41 is advertised for cable or DSL connections. Will there be
any problems using it on the microwave connection at one of the sites?
The microwave connection is a reliable connection to the internet and
uses a standard Ethernet connection.

 

4) Does the BEFVP41 only provide a NAT firewall or does it also provide
an SPI firewall like the similar BEFSX41?

 

5) Is this model easy to setup with multiple VPN tunnels connecting the
LAN's together, and is it able to reliably re-establish any dropped
connections without assistance.

 

Thanks in advance for any help!

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