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Hi everybody,<br />
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I've got a question about setting up a VPN connection from a customer to our company, for backup purposes.<br />
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I installed a Synology NAS at the customer site. This NAS has an option to setup a vpn. I can choose 'PPTP' or 'Open VPN'. With the last option I have to import a certificate on the NAS.<br />
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In our company, I have a Cisco ASA 5510 and a bunch of Windows Server 2012 machines. I have to setup the VPN with the NAS somehow. Should I setup VPN on the ASA? Or should I set it up on a Server?<br />
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I haven't got much experience with Win2k12. Is there still an option to setup a VPN, like there was in win2k3 with RRAS?<br />
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The only thing i want to do with the VPN is copy data from a customer site to 1 of my win2k12 machines.
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Hi everybody,

I've got a question about setting up a VPN connection from a customer to our company, for backup purposes.

I installed a Synology NAS at the customer site. This NAS has an option to setup a vpn. I can choose 'PPTP' or 'Open VPN'. With the last option I have to import a certificate on the NAS.

In our company, I have a Cisco ASA 5510 and a bunch of Windows Server 2012 machines. I have to setup the VPN with the NAS somehow. Should I setup VPN on the ASA? Or should I set it up on a Server?

I haven't got much experience with Win2k12. Is there still an option to setup a VPN, like there was in win2k3 with RRAS?

The only thing i want to do with the VPN is copy data from a customer site to 1 of my win2k12 machines.

VPN question

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.

Windows Server 2012 is the server version of Windows 8 and the successor to Windows Server 2008 R2. Windows Server 2012 is the first version of Windows Server to have no support for Itanium-based computers since Windows NT 4.0. Windows Server 2012, now in its second release (Windows Server 2012 Release 2) includes Foundation, Essentials, Standard and Datacenter, and does not support IA-32 or IA-64 processors.

Windows Server 2012

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