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   Simon to jslarose@cheerful.com   
   Re: VPN - Same IP's   
   18 Nov 05 07:45:09   
   
   From: simon@not-here.com   
      
   jslarose@cheerful.com wrote:   
   > Hi,   
   >   
   > Have a stupid question ...   
   >   
   > We have a vpn at work using a cisco Pix and the network has an ip range   
   > of 192.168.1.1, etc ...  I have several users who are logging into the   
   > vpn from home computers.  Some of these computers I have had to change   
   > the ip address range to be different then the work network range to   
   > avoid conflict ... I would use 192.168.0.1 range   
   >   
   > This seems to work ok so far ... have a question on the effects of   
   > several home users logging in with the same ip address though.  What   
   > happens when several home users that have been assigned 192.168.0.1 by   
   > their home routers all log into the vpn at the same time?  Does this   
   > create any conflicts or is this not even a factor when using vpn?   
   >   
   > thanks,   
   >   
   > JL   
   >   
   I can't see a problem as each of the home users will have had their 192   
   local addresses natted to the wan address of their router, it's this   
   address the pix will see the tunnel request coming from, not the 192 one.   
   Simon   
      
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