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Hi,<br />
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You may try out Linksys RV series dual-internet VPN routers;<br />
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<a href="http://www.linksys.com/servlet/Satellite?c=L_Product_C1&childpagename=US%2FLayout&cid=1115416943097&pagename=Linksys%2FCommon%2FVisitorWrapper&lid=4309722279L03" rel="ugc">http://www.linksys.com/servlet/Satellite?c=L_Product_C1&childpagename=US%2FLayout&cid=1115416943097&pagename=Linksys%2FCommon%2FVisitorWrapper&lid=4309722279L03</a>
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Hi,

You may try out Linksys RV series dual-internet VPN routers;

http://www.linksys.com/servlet/Satellite?c=L_Product_C1&childpagename=US%2FLayout&cid=1115416943097&pagename=Linksys%2FCommon%2FVisitorWrapper&lid=4309722279L03 [http://www.linksys.com/servlet/Satellite?c=L_Product_C1&childpagename=US%2FLayout&cid=1115416943097&pagename=Linksys%2FCommon%2FVisitorWrapper&lid=4309722279L03]

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Cisco 876 is also recommended....<br />

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Hi<br />
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We have just had a rack installed with 2 HP Procurve 2600 switches. &nbsp;Our office is made up of 2 companies sharing one internet connection and this needs to be configured so their networks are seperate.<br />
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I could use vlans on the switches although as there's 2 of them I may as well just use 1 switch for each company. &nbsp;My questions is which router is best to use in this setup? &nbsp;I need &nbsp;to create vpns and configure which network each connection can access. &nbsp;I currently use a Draytek 2600 which doesn't have this facility - can anyone recommend a product?<br />
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Also, my internet connection is PPPoA but most the firewall routers I see are only PPPoE - Is this a problem?<br />
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Thanks for any advise
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Hi

We have just had a rack installed with 2 HP Procurve 2600 switches.  Our office is made up of 2 companies sharing one internet connection and this needs to be configured so their networks are seperate.

I could use vlans on the switches although as there's 2 of them I may as well just use 1 switch for each company.  My questions is which router is best to use in this setup?  I need  to create vpns and configure which network each connection can access.  I currently use a Draytek 2600 which doesn't have this facility - can anyone recommend a product?

Also, my internet connection is PPPoA but most the firewall routers I see are only PPPoE - Is this a problem?

Thanks for any advise

Which firewall/router is best for me to use?

A router is a networking device that forwards data packets between computer networks. Routers perform the "traffic directing" functions on the Internet. The most familiar type of routers are home and small office cable or DSL routers that simply pass data, such as web pages, email, IM, and videos between computers and the Internet. More sophisticated routers, such as enterprise routers, connect large business or ISP networks up to the powerful core routers that forward data at high speed along the optical fiber lines of the Internet backbone. Though routers are typically dedicated hardware devices, use of software-based routers has grown increasingly common.

Routers

Hardware-based firewalls provide more sophisticated protection for inbound and outbound traffic than the simple Windows software firewall or the basic NAT firewalls found in routers. These devices implement techniques such as stateful packet inspection, deep packet inspection, and content filtering; and may include built-in antivirus and anti-malware protection.

Hardware Firewalls

A switch is a device that filters and forwards packets of data between LAN segments. Switches operate at the data link layer or the network layer of the Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) Reference Model and therefore support any packet protocol. LANs that use switches to join segments are called switched LANs or, in the case of Ethernet networks, switched Ethernet LANs. A hub is a connection point for devices in a network. Hubs are commonly used to connect segments of a LAN. A hub contains multiple ports; when a packet arrives at one port, it is copied to the other ports so that all segments of the LAN can see all packets.