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   Viking to Coop   
   Re: VPN - multiple destination networks    
   10 Jun 04 18:35:56   
   
   From: belgianvikings@hotmail.com   
      
   dac56@hotmail.com (Coop) wrote in   
   news:508609fe.0406092121.7f60e527@posting.google.com:   
      
   > I need to create VPNs with several trading partners.  I've encountered   
   > a limitation of my SonicWALL Pro 200 in that only one destination   
   > network can have a given network/subnet.  For example, if both Trading   
   > Patner A and Trading Partner B use 192.168.1.0/24 on their LAN   
   > interace, then I will only be able to create the VPN to one of them.   
   > I understand the basic issue--how would my firewall know which trading   
   > partner LAN to send the traffic to.  However, I can't very well ask my   
   > trading partners to renumber their internal networks.  SonicWALL's new   
   > software called SonicOS can handle the situation of overlapping   
   > subnets, but it isn't available for my model.   
   >   
   > Does this situation exist for other firewall brands?  Is there a   
   > workaround?  Are there other firewall appliances such as PIX geared to   
   > small/mid-sized enviroments that don't have this limitation?   
   >   
   > Thanks for your advice.   
   >   
      
   I think the Contivity VPN switches don't have that problem, but I'm not   
   sure that's the kind of solution you're looking for.   
   Viking.   
      
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