Re: do i need a new router

Leythos wrote:

> In article <433cfc0b$1@mail.netspeed.com.au>, bellyup@the.bar says...
>
>>I have not encountered an off-the-shelf router (without a 'modem'
>>component) that fully supports inbound PPTP passthrough properly in
>>quite some time. In those instances I just build an IPCop box which does
>>support GRE properly.
>>
>>Another caveat to be aware of is a good number of those that do support
>>inbound PPTP passthrough (most don't, despite claiming to) is that the
>>number of concurrent connections is limited to about 2.
>
>
> I just ran into a SMX BarricadePlus 7004FW unit that acts as a
> PPTP/IPSEC end-point, you can setup 10 different PPTP end-point users
> and passwords.
>
> It has no specific PPTP passthrough options that I can find, but, since
> it acts as a PPTP end-point, it would make it simple for a small office.
>
> The 7004FW is an older unit, the newer version, one you can get most
> places, is the SMCBR14VPN.
>
> http://www.smc.com/index.cfm?event=viewProduct&localeCode=EN_USA&cid=1
> &scid=17&pid=1354
>
That would be useless in the scenario the OP asked about. You *can*
terminate the PPTP tunnels @ the border, but that means you either have
to run the SBS box with a single NIC, or kill ISA/ publish Domain
services on the 2nd NIC which should be filtering pretty much everything.
It would be useful if you were only doing terminal services or similar,
but for the same price you can purchase something that uses L2TP.

E.
Received on Sat Oct 15 04:35:42 2005