Newbie question about cisco 2600

[sanchez71]

I'm new to networking but if someone can guide me in the right direction it would be very helpful. I am a small business owner, I have a cisco 2620 router im going to set up a vpn my other office. we currently have a T1 line connected through a satellite. we are in a area that doesn't have a hard line for internet access. we currently have 3 IP addresses through our provider. My question is..with cisco..were do i place the cisco router? do i place it behind the satellite modem like all the others routers? or do i some how connect the satellite to it? im a little confused about the dsu/csu card? what is the purpose of it and what does it do?

sry this is a newbie question but im confused about this concept.

 

[scottdware]

Well, in my experience, you would connect the satellite to the 2620. Just like if you were to have a T1 coming directly into a smart-jack, then you would connect the smart-jack to the 2620 via a T1 cable (pairs 1,2 & 4,5).

If your T1 terminates into the satellite modem, or whatever device that you have, then just connect the modem to the router.

Hope this helps.

 

[TripleL]

sanchez71,

Word of caution with VPN over Satelite. VPN is very latency sensitive and may have problems with keeping the tunnels stabilized. Otherwise the directions waresd gave should work.