Calculating Concurrent Connections

[BrotherJones]

hello. I am in the process of setting up a bunch of remote sites with pix 501s to create site to site vpn tunnels back to my main office's 515e. Because each site will have about 5 computer users I was thinking of getting the 501 with the 10-user license. My question is, will this be enough to cover all the traffic? Meaning, if a user is accessing resources from the main office off of one server (ex email server) and is also working on a file from another server (ex file server), does this count as two concurrent sessions over the vpn tunnel and hence one user is using up two of my 10 concurrent sessions limit?

 

[Supergrrover]

10-User License
The Cisco PIX 501 10-user license supports up to 10 concurrent source IP addresses from your internal network to traverse through the Cisco PIX 501. The integrated DHCP server supports up to 32 DHCP leases. As your needs grow, both 50 user and unlimited user upgrade licenses are available, allowing you to extend your investment in Cisco PIX 501 equipment.

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/hw/vpndevc/ps2030/products_data_sheet09186a0080091b18.html

You should be ok.


Brent
Systems Engineer / Consultant
CCNP, CCSP

 

[BrotherJones]

Great. Thanks Brent.