My client is going to have 4 locations connected via routers preconfigured by AT&T (managed) over T1, and at the home location another T1 providing internet access to all four sites. I will need to install a hardware firewall solution and setup VPN for off site personnel.
My plan is to setup their Windows 2000 Server to handle the incoming VPN connections, therefore I simply need a firewall solution that allows for VPN passthrough. It seems like something as simple as a consumer level router/firewall, like a Netgear or Linksys device, would be sufficient, but I don't know if there is a limit to the number of VPN connections that could be passed through. The client says that in the future they may have the need for 8 or more simultaneous VPN connections, but I don't know if that will even be an issue for VPN passthrough.
Does anyone have some good advice for an inexpensive product that will handle what I need it to do? Do I even need to worry about simultaneous connections if I'm just enabling passthrough and the server actually handles the connections?
Rob Miles
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