General discussion
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Topic
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Site-to-site VPN
LockedHi,
I am in charge of IT of a small company, I have set up a lot of small networks under Windows, but never had to do more than this. I have no experience with server/client networks or any other operating systems other than Windows.
We have two offices, with 6 computers each running under WinXP pro (1 on each office) and WinXP. Each office is under a peer-to-peer network, so no domain or server. Both offices are connected to internet through DSL modem.
I want to set up a VPN to share information between both offices. Of course I need a permanent connection between both offices. I want to make something simple and really easy to manage, I have no idea of Unix or Linux so I would like to stay with my old peer-to-peer XP networks.
As I understand, I need a VPN router on each office. It will provide IP address so the offices can find each other in the internet, and also provide a firewall for protection (although limited). So just buy the VPN routers, connect to the DSL modem and to the switch, configure them, and follow XP wizards to configure the VPN. And that’s it?
Do I need something else or it is as easy as it sounds? How do I assign the IP addresses?
Can someone recommend a secure and easy to setup VPN router?
Any hints will be welcome, I don?t know if it?s as easy as it sounds, just want to be sure before investing in the routers to avoid suprises.
Thanks
Marc