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Just a general question about setting up VPN on Cisco ASA5505.<br />
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I haven't setup Cisco vpn's in a long time so I am a little confused.by some of the resources on the internet. <br />
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So my question is this. <br />
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In my experience when we needed to setup a site-to-site vpn. The VPN pipe itself would be setup similar to a leased line or connection. Which mean having Ip address and routing statements for each end of the pipe. &nbsp;<br />
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But the Cisco easyVPn setup or even the PIX VPN config's I've seen on Cisco site you don't need to do that anymore. Instead of using routing statement the pipes are automatically built and access-lists route the traffic through the pipes. <br />
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My question is whether the current method of setting up Site-to-Site VPN is the current standard or should i be looking into building the pipe with routing statements? (at this point my network isn't very complex and only involves 2 sites.) <br />
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Just a general question about setting up VPN on Cisco ASA5505.

I haven't setup Cisco vpn's in a long time so I am a little confused.by some of the resources on the internet. 

So my question is this. 

In my experience when we needed to setup a site-to-site vpn. The VPN pipe itself would be setup similar to a leased line or connection. Which mean having Ip address and routing statements for each end of the pipe.  

But the Cisco easyVPn setup or even the PIX VPN config's I've seen on Cisco site you don't need to do that anymore. Instead of using routing statement the pipes are automatically built and access-lists route the traffic through the pipes. 

My question is whether the current method of setting up Site-to-Site VPN is the current standard or should i be looking into building the pipe with routing statements? (at this point my network isn't very complex and only involves 2 sites.) 




Cisco Site-to-Site VPN

A virtual private network (VPN) is a network that uses a public telecommunication infrastructure, such as the Internet, to provide remote offices or travelling users access to a central organizational network securely. VPNs encapsulate data transfers using secure cryptographic methods and other security mechanisms to ensure that only authorized users can access the network and that the data cannot be intercepted.

Cisco PIX is a dedicated hardware firewall appliance; the Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) is a firewall and anti-malware security appliance that provides unified threat management and protection the PIX does not. Other Cisco devices and systems include routers, switches, storage networking, wireless and the software and hardware for PIX Firewall Manager (PFM), PIX Device Manager (PDM) and Adaptive Security Device Manager (ASDM).

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Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) is the set of networking protocols that define end-to-end connectivity specifying how data should be packeted, addressed, transmitted, routed and received at the destination. This functionality is organized into four abstraction layers which are used to sort all related protocols according to the scope of networking involved.