From: somewhere@overtherainbow.com   
      
   Kevin:   
      
   Okay. Now what kind of budget? What type of uptime/reliability do you   
   need? If you want don't foresee going past 10 tunnels, then I would   
   suggest the Zywall 10W. Solid performance and good reliability for   
   10 tunnels or less. Command-line interface and dialup failover are   
   nice features for the price. When you say Samba, do you mean Samba   
   literally, or Microsoft SMB? Both, of course, rely on lots of   
   broadcast traffic, contributing to overhead, unless you use DNS/WINS   
   in a Windows environment. What will you be using for name resolution?   
      
   You might also look at Netscreen, though IMHO, you'd be getting less   
   in terms of features for the money.   
      
   Dave   
      
      
   On 27 Jun 2004 22:16:26 -0700, kaveman743@hotmail.com (Kevin Mader)   
   wrote:   
      
   >Sorry, I wasnt sure how much information it would take. The connection   
   >is quite fast T3, I think. Always on, and for the most part static ip,   
   >there may be some instances when the ip of the network would change,   
   >but those are few and far between. Simultaneous VPN connections,   
   >probably 3-5, I would imagine. It would be nice to have the option for   
   >more, cost is a major issue so upgradeability is not mandatory. The   
   >web server is used for payroll and hours logs. It is almost entirely   
   >database lookups and would not be easy to port to a sql-like solution,   
   >(the database has 50+ templates coded in CDML and it would be quite   
   >time consuming to convert them to PHP or ASP) The main use of the VPN   
   >would be for Samba access to the computers inside the network, and   
   >samba access to from the computers inside the network to the VPN'd   
   >machine. I hope I havent confused anything. Thank you   
   >   
   >Dave  wrote in message news:...   
   >> Can you tell us a bit more about your setup? What type of Internet   
   >> connection? What speed? Guaranteed? How much Internet traffic   
   >> does the network pass? How many simultaneous VPN users are you   
   >> hoping for? Do you want to buy room to grow? What kind of webserver   
   >> data? Database lookups? Just text?   
   >>   
   >> We need more details to help you.   
   >>   
   >> Dave   
   >>   
   >>   
   >> On 24 Jun 2004 17:22:54 -0700, kaveman743@hotmail.com (Kevin Mader)   
   >> wrote:   
   >>   
   >> >I have a small network of about 20 computers connected to the internet   
   >> >through a Linksys wireless router. RIght now I have a Windows XP   
   >> >Professional machine that is running a webserver, an vnc server, and   
   >> >the windows xp built in vpn server with the respective ports forwarded   
   >> >through the router. This is all fine and well, but the Windows XP Pro   
   >> >only allows one VPN user at a time. I want a setup that allows at   
   >> >least 3 but more would be nice. I have seen quite a few linux   
   >> >implementations that offer solutions like this, but they seem hard to   
   >> >setup, and the webserver is a FileMaker Pro database server which does   
   >> >not run on linux. Any solution would be greatly appreciated. Remember   
   >> >price is an issue, if it wasnt i woulda just bought Windows 2003   
   >> >server or a nice big cisco vpn server.   
   >> >Thank you   
      
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