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VPN Firewall to route between 2 VLANS?

Asked by Alcedema in Networking Hardware Firewalls, Virtual Private Networking (VPN), Network Design & Methodology

Hello, can anyone tell me if this is possible. As per the attached diagram I am after this kind of network where my routing provider (left side of cloud) connects to a VPN/Firewall device (it currently connects directly to the public vlan of the switch). The VPN/Firewall would be physically connected to each VLAN, so the different nodes on the VPN/Firewall device would have to have separate IPs (I think?)

Normally, I think, the uplink connects to a switch and a VPN device sits on the switch and would connect to a different switch for VPN traffic. I would like the firewall/vpn device to be first in that chain. The 2 staff VPN devices will create a VPN with the vpn/firewall device and route vpn traffic to the vpn/internal VLAN. All public traffic (non-vpn) gets routed to the public vlan on the same switch.

I'm really just trying to release the packet filtering burden from the switch and individual machines.

The public and VPN VLANS are on the same switch. VPN vlan nodes have internal non-routable IPs, the public nodes have public routable IPs. I only want to spend ~ £100-£150 on the VPN/Firewall device. Second-hand/ebay items are fine.

Just confirmation that there are devices which are capable of what I am asking for (in that price range), maybe even hinting at example devices, would be a great help.
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Network topology. Red lines: VPN data flow; Green lines: Unencrypted data flow; Orange lines: Unwanted data flow.
Network topology. Red lines: VPN data flow; Green lines: Unencrypted data flow; Orange lines: Unwanted data flow.
 
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