VPN router for Mac network???

[dano50]

Any suggestions for a VPN router that would support several tunnels and work on a macintosh network?

We're a small office of 8 people. I doubt if we would have more than 4 tunnels active at a time. Connected to the internet via a cable modem (motorola). Right now we're using a Linksys WRV54G for wireless but have never been able to get the VPN to work (it's incompatible with mac internet connect).

Is there a more stable and reliable VPN solution that is reasonably priced? Possibly a Cisco 871 or 1710 router? I'd really like to stick with something that has a web interface that is relatively straightforward to set-up (VPN is new to me).

ANY help would be GREATLY appreciated.

 

[jmgalvin]

These things can be a PITA to set up and it might work OK with the macs, or not OK. The linksys instructions are not exactly simple to understand either. It might help to print out the sections on setting up vpn so you don't have to switch between the setup screen and the instructions.

One thing that often happens is that they don't work if Appletalk is active.
another thing is that you often have to disable the "allow this computer to create networks". You also often have to create a new location, based on the vpn. The setup on the router end is the hard part.

If you just want a more secure environment in the office, you might consider enabling WPA, as opposed to WEP, security on the router and using that on the wireless macs.

Here is a link that shows how to set the macs for one particular university VPN. Of course, they're working off a server, but the general setup is common on vpns.

http://www.wsu.edu/~peckham/macVPN.html

Using OSX 10.3.9 & 10.4.11 on a G4, G5 & Intel Macbook