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We have Cisco 1720 with Cisco Secure client software VPN. We have some problem using the VPN with LAN Modem (3 com 3C886) at
the remote office. IT seems like the NAT on LAN modem will not work with the VPN IP SEC.

Here's what I've done so far.
1) I setup a test with static IP addresses and LAN modem.
I setup so that each PC and LAN modem has it's own Public IP addresses.
I setup a range of 8 IP addresses and 1 dial-up account.
It works without VPN but with the VPN only 1 connection allowed. When the second PC tried to connect, it fails.

2)I also tried Microsoft VPN (PPTP),
With the phone line, it also only allow 1 connection at a time.
With the LAN modem, it ofcourse allow 1 connection only.
There could be some setting that I need to verify.

3)I did some research on how to make this work with Cisco equipment.
If we could just forget about the LAN modem and replace it with something else.
It require a router for each office and also the VPN hardware option.
And this will push the cost to $1500/office which I don't expect.

At this point, I would like the remote office to try using MS PPTP and see if it works with
the LAN modem. But for now, I need some help to set it up so it will allow more than 1 connection using the phone line.

Any solution?

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by dlongan

Reviewing the manual for the lan modem it appears that you must have the cisco router (server side) make the initial call to the lan modem, then you will need the server side create the vpn tunnel. You will also have to pay attention to the static ip addresses and routing table entries to get this working correctly.

It may make it simpler if you put another lan modem on the server side.

Honestly the time it may require to get this configuration working stable you may be better off investing small router for the remote office.

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