From: nonya@bigfoot.com   
      
   I'm hoping to get some basic how to......   
      
   At office I have a w2k server (domain server) and a stand alone server   
   presently hosting an SQL database.   
      
   I want to setup terminal server on the standalone system and allow remote   
   users to connect to it thru a VPN.   
   I'm not sure how to go about the VPN part of things...   
      
   1) I'm looking at the Linksys BEFVP41 router with VPN  'endpoint'....  What   
   does this mean, endpoint? Does this mean that since the router is the   
   endpoint, nothing more needs to be setup on the server?   
      
   2) Or does something need to be setup at the server too?   
      Right now I am simply forwarding  the  port 3389 to the ip of the   
   terminal server and connecting  fine, but I want the added security  of a   
   VPN, but I'm not sure what needs to be configured   and where to configure   
   it...   
   To me, it sounds like an 'endpoint' will allow me to connect my remote   
   client (using the build in Win XP IPSEC client stuff) directly to the   
   endpoint (the linksys router)and thus have access to the Terminal server. Is   
   this correct?    (In other words, the router will create the VPN with the   
   remote client and allow that client to access the network the same as any   
   other 'in house' computer...  is this  correct?   
      
   The router says it will allow up to 50 remote tunnels... does this mean that   
   up to 50 people can be attached simultaniously?   
      
   Any pointers  on how to set this all up would be appreaciated much ;)   
      
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