On Fri, 2002-04-05 at 09:30, Vaughan, Curtis wrote: > Recently I asked about how to resolve the following situation. > > We have 2 international offices that need permanent interconnectivity. Both > offices have a DSL connection. > So, 2 separate LANs worlds apart should for all purposes appear as one, all > traffic should be encrypted, secure and constant. Encryption should be > maintained as in a VPN encrypted tunnel. There may be additional encryption > at the program level, of course. > The primary purpose of this WAN is to provide connection to databases. > > The solution proffered by one user was CIPE. > > I'm trying to make my way through the documents right now, but I would like > to be certain that this will provide exactly what we need. > Has anyone used it for such a situation? If so, what comments do you have? > What other Linux-based solutions are there?
I have used it for such a circumstance. In fact I have used it in the following topology Head office. Connected via 2 megabit frame relay. Branch 1. Connected via ADSL Branch 2. Connected via ADSL The tunnel set up as branch1<--->Head Office and branch2<--->Head Office. All Internet traffic goes straight to the Internet. All local traffic goes via the VPN. You can even ping branch 1 from branch 2. A traceroute shows a single hop through head office. The Head office internal name server is used as the branch office name servers through the tunnel, thus allowing all internal machine namess to resolve to internal IP's and be routed internally or through the VPN. Its magic in motion. And the Cisco equipment to do the same would have 4 zeroes at least after the dollar figure. Kind Regards Crispin Wellington -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
