Implementing VPN in my office

[be1234]

Dear all,

I will be implementing VPN in my office soon. The connection would be 2 remote sites to the main office. We are using ADSL broadband 512Kbps with dynamic IP address.
Appreciate if anyone could suggest a solution and hope that it not too expensive as there are budget limitation.
Thanks in advance.

 

[Tomasykes]

You will struggle with a dynamic IP address! What routers do you have on the ADSL connections? One possible solution would be to have the ADSL upgraded to 'no-nat' and then put a firewall in such as a Zyxel 'Zywall' 10. These are cheap at about £300. Depending on your requirments at the other sites you could put another Zywall in there or just use client software to create the VPN. I would strongly recommend you upgrade the ADSL to no-nat though. It will work but VPNs over NAT setups are not the best way to go.

Hope that helps.

 

[be1234]

Thanks Tomasykes,

My current router does not have VPN feature so have to build from ground zero.
I actually was also looking at Zyxel 'Zywall 10' and also got the quotation.
Do you also have any recommendation any link to learn about VPN, as I do not have good foundation on the working of the VPN.

Thanks again.

Brgds
Benjamin Ong