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Hello! &nbsp;I recently got my Cisco VPN client working to my Pix520 and it's working like a champ! &nbsp;However, I want to be able for my employees to access our DMZ as well just as if they were sitting at their desk at work. &nbsp;I've tired numerous router statments but I'm wondering if I'm going over to many hops on my firewall? &nbsp;Anyone have any thoughts?<br />
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I can browse the internal network fine, but simply can access or ping my DMZ. &nbsp;I believe it's a too many hops in and out of the firewall, but thought I would ask here to be sure. &nbsp;<br />
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Thanks in advance!
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Hello!  I recently got my Cisco VPN client working to my Pix520 and it's working like a champ!  However, I want to be able for my employees to access our DMZ as well just as if they were sitting at their desk at work.  I've tired numerous router statments but I'm wondering if I'm going over to many hops on my firewall?  Anyone have any thoughts?

I can browse the internal network fine, but simply can access or ping my DMZ.  I believe it's a too many hops in and out of the firewall, but thought I would ask here to be sure.  

Thanks in advance!

Cisco VPN Client terminating on my inside interface, can I allow access to my DMZ?

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