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Can multiple users access resources over the same VPN connection?
We have a Windows 2003 Advanced Server. It currently accepts VPN connections, and works great.
However, we're setting up a new office. It will need to have 2 or more people using the VPN connection at the same time, from behind the same cable modem/router. Is this possible?
The new office has a cable modem (Motorola SBG900) which doubles as a wireless gateway/router. All of the client computers will be connecting through that connection.
I've tried just creating VPN connections on both client computers, but that doesn't work. I can log onto the VPN with computer A just fine...but every time I try to log computer B on, it causes computer A to stop working. Computer A appears to be connected...but no resources are available, no ping, etc. Even when I disconnect both, computer A can't log back on (it connects to the remote IP, tries to verify username and password, and returns a 721 error). It takes several minutes before computer A can log back on.
Thanks for all your help,
Luke
However, we're setting up a new office. It will need to have 2 or more people using the VPN connection at the same time, from behind the same cable modem/router. Is this possible?
The new office has a cable modem (Motorola SBG900) which doubles as a wireless gateway/router. All of the client computers will be connecting through that connection.
I've tried just creating VPN connections on both client computers, but that doesn't work. I can log onto the VPN with computer A just fine...but every time I try to log computer B on, it causes computer A to stop working. Computer A appears to be connected...but no resources are available, no ping, etc. Even when I disconnect both, computer A can't log back on (it connects to the remote IP, tries to verify username and password, and returns a 721 error). It takes several minutes before computer A can log back on.
Thanks for all your help,
Luke
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OK, thanks. The only problem is that I'm at the remote office now, and I probably won't be coming back after tomorrow (it's 1500 miles from our home office). Is there *any* way to do this without a VPN router? I'd be happy to get one, if I knew where to find one quickly in Phoenix, AZ. But I don't...
Incidentally, the 2 computers that need to be able to connect are running XP Pro and XP Home.
Thanks,
Luke
Incidentally, the 2 computers that need to be able to connect are running XP Pro and XP Home.
Thanks,
Luke
I don't think there is any way other than getting new hardware.
Have a look at the D-link 624 (http://www.d-link.com/products/?pid=6) If you download the manual available from the website and have a look at the specifications on page 61 you will see that it supports multiple VPN-passthru sessions.
It is quite a popular product/manufacturer so you might be able to find it at a local computer store.
Have a look at the D-link 624 (http://www.d-link.com/products/?pid=6) If you download the manual available from the website and have a look at the specifications on page 61 you will see that it supports multiple VPN-passthru sessions.
It is quite a popular product/manufacturer so you might be able to find it at a local computer store.
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OK. So I managed to find a Linksys WRV54G at best buy. It's a wireless-g vpn broadband router.
Now that I'm getting into the setup, I realize that I don't really know what I'm doing. I don't see any place to enter a username/password for the VPN, so I suspect that it uses some other form of authentication.
I tried getting help from Linksys, but the tech was pretty rude and unhelpful.
So, as near as I can figure, I need to set up a VPN tunnel between the Linksys router here and the Cisco router at the home office. Is that right? If so, how on earth do I do that?
Luke
Now that I'm getting into the setup, I realize that I don't really know what I'm doing. I don't see any place to enter a username/password for the VPN, so I suspect that it uses some other form of authentication.
I tried getting help from Linksys, but the tech was pretty rude and unhelpful.
So, as near as I can figure, I need to set up a VPN tunnel between the Linksys router here and the Cisco router at the home office. Is that right? If so, how on earth do I do that?
Luke
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Yes it is possible but the cable modem/router has to be capable of supporting multiple VPN sessions through it. Most routers cannot.
Personally I would setup a LAN-LAN VPN so the users don't have to run a VPN client all the time. Replacing the cable router with a low end Cisco PIX would be the best solution.