Point to Multipoint VPN

[nyingmeh]

Hi Guys,

We intend to do a vpn between 10 offices, Main Office and 9 other regional offices. We basically must use cisco solutions, please advice on a possible network topology and what cisco routers and/or concentrators to use.
Note that all sites have access to Internet via satellite, so basically public IP's are available on each end.

cheers

 

[BigDaveDeluxe]

Ok, dumb question: why wouldn't you point all of them to a central server? Or, small local servers in the offices pointed to a central server with synchronized folder system?

Still learning...
Dave.

 

[Supergrrover]

Do the other offices access each other or just the main office?

Depending on the traffic or how complex you want to be able to grow, you can use pix 506e (branch, small office), ASA5510 to ASA5520 (bigger, main office). Then there are the router series that you can add the VPN and firewall feature sets to. This is more for complex routing scenarios. The routers are much more versitile, but you can overwhelm them if you don't get the approriate muscle. Try moving this over to the Cisco Systems: IOS Firewall; Cisco Systems: PIX Firewall boards.


Brent
Systems Engineer / Consultant
CCNP, CCSP

 

[JOAMON]

Satellite can be difficult to maintain VPN connections because of the high latency.