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pptp vpn appliance solution

hi i have multiple sites that i manage remote access on. these are small networks (10 to 30 stations) and they usually have a few remote users connecting in from remote hot spots. i chose the snapgear vpn appliance.

http://www.cyberguard.com/snapgear/SG300.html

it seems to work great, and since it is a pptp server, clients can connect in without any special software or hardware. my question is this, this is the only device i could find like this, is there any more devices like this? im not looking at installing a dedicated server to handel the incoming connections, and the users just connect to it, then use terminal server to do there thing.

Thanks -dp

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Les Moore

Cisco PIX firewall also does this. It can be a PPTP endpoint, or you can use the Cisco VPN IPSEC client (more secure).

http://www.cisco.com/go/pix

rshooper76

I use a PIX firewall for my VPN, like lrmoore said its more secure and with a smartnet contract you can get great support for it from Cisco. In my setup I was able to authnticate the VPN users through the Active Directory account on the Windows domain. I'm sure you coudl authnticate off of any radius server so the PIX gives you lots of power and flexibility.

pcavenue

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crud, i tried to split the points on that one, you all had great advise that i researched. sorry about that lrmoore, and rshopper76.

xterm69

pcavenue, thanks, if you require any further info i will try my best to advise, i dont use all the features on these applances but will advise where i can