Dom Coppola  wrote:   
   >	I am writing today as I am looking for opinions on VPN appliances out   
   >on the market right now. I purchased the Sonicwall Pro 2040 (EnhancedOS)   
   >and after some testing and four months later I ran into a bug. A bug   
   >that is on Sonicwall's "to do list", according to high level support.   
   >Basically, the bug does not allow for third party VPN client software   
   >that is behind a NAT'd device(router) to work correctly. Seems to be a   
   >problem with the way it handles communications over Port 4500.   
   >   
   >	Unfortunetly I do not have the time to wait for Sonicwall to come up   
   >with a remedy for this, and I am looking for some opinions on any VPN   
   >appliances that fall within the same price range as the Sonicwall. Now I   
   >am not limiting myself to "new, out of the box" hardware either. As you   
   >may already know the Sonicwall's price range is $4000.00 CDN. I would   
   >like to be somewhere around there, give or take $2000.00.   
   >   
   >	I am a small business so I do not need anything to extravagant but I do   
   >need something to replace what I currently have. Any suggestions?   
   >   
   That is not a bug per se. This is called "NAT traversal" or "UDP   
   encapsulation" implemented as a "feature" by Cisco initially. Patent   
   issues are stopping many companies from implementing such "feature".   
   Some "clean room" implementations of the functionality can be observed   
   though.   
      
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