As someone who works for a company that consults on, installs, and maintains   
   VPN, and other communications, systems I'd be glad to consult with your   
   clients and point them to a solution from an experienced and capable   
   provider ;-)   
      
      
   Please, no flames, I just couldn't resist.   
      
      
   Seriously, everyone who said single vendor and you-get-what-you-pay-for is   
   absolutely correct. But, you really need someone at your company who can   
   review and evaluate the possibilities, with a clear understanding of the   
   technology and market, if you expect to provide a secure, reliable solution   
   to your clients.   
      
   Good Luck   
   RC   
      
   "deus no omocha"  wrote in message   
   news:d91e32f.0402032113.74a47cef@posting.google.com...   
   > I work with a consulting company that supports small businesses. We   
   > are looking for a good, cheap VPN/firewall/router solution. The   
   > business we are selling it to needs to be able to vpn tunnel to a   
   > Cisco router, and also wants to give some employees remote vpn access.   
   > The remote access vpn needs to use a simple software client. Basically   
   > we want to be able to install something on a user's laptop and just   
   > tell them to double-click this icon on their desktop to connect to the   
   > office from home (no power users here).   
   > We have tried a LinkSys BEFVP41, but found out there is no easy way to   
   > create the simple remote user connection. The remote access vpn setup   
   > was horribly complicated even for us, much less the intended users.   
   > We are looking at a Netgear FVS318, but browsing some newsgroups it   
   > seems that it has troubles tunneling to Cisco routers (really, trouble   
   > tunneling to anything but another FVS318). Is this true?   
   > Are there any good solutions to this problem that might be in a small   
   > business's budget?   
   > Thanks for any input!   
   >   
   > deus   
      
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