VPN Newbie - Starting from fresh!

[Darrenb]

Ok, let's start from the beginning. I have been asked to get 5 of our users (increasing to 10 in the future) working from home.

They will need access to our two servers; Windows 2000 and Windows NT4.

We currently have a Watchguard Firebox 2 firewall, which sits between our network and DSL modem.

The remote users will have ADSL installed in their homes. 3 out of the 4 users have Windows XP Pro, the other with Windows 98SE. (When we get to the stage of wanting 10 people working remotely, they will all have Windows XP Pro.)

Can anyone tell me what hardware/software I will need to buy, and how I go about setting it up?

Any information would be very useful. Thanks in Advance!

Darren

 

[ChicagoTechNet]

you have all hardware you need. you just need to load vpn server and client. Also make sure the ports for vpn are opened. For more information, go to

http://www25.brinkster.com/ChicagoTech

Robert Lin, MS-MVP, MCSE & CNE
Windows, Network and How to at

http://www25.brinkster.com/ChicagoTech

 

[Darrenb]

Hi Robert,

Thanks for replying to my message.

However, the link you provided doesn't work. Is there any other way I can get to the info?

Best regards

Darren

 

[1911man]

Before we implemented a dedicated VPN switch we used our watchguard for VPN (PPTP). Our watchguard might have been a Firebox 2. I would think yours would have the same functionality. I think one of the set backs was it used a public IP for each tunnel.
It supported up to 10 tunnels. If you use PPTP, it's integrated with win98 and XP.