Cisco 837 to do a PPPoA dialup to ISP BUT bridge the static IP to a PIX 501

Aug 17, 2005 1 Replies

HI there, I have a remote site in Holland and they are currently connecting to the internet via a Cisco 837 doing PPPoA dialup to their ISP.



I need to setup a VPN Lan-to-Lan between this remote site and my main HQ in the UK. For my other sites in Belgium and Hungary it has not been an issue as these countries use PPPoE so I just remove the Cisco 837, pop in a basic bridging modem and get the PIX 501 to do the PPPoE dial out to the ISP.



I can't do this setup in Holland due to the Dutch system being PPPoA only so my question is:-



Is it possible to get the Cisco 837 to continue doing the dialup to the ISP but for it to then bridge the external IP address to the PIX?



I'm sure it must be but I can't work it out.



Many thanks in advance for any help.



Cheers,



Wullie


Why not terminate the VPN on the 837? The 837 has a hardware accelerator for VPNs and it should have no problems managing one tunnel. If you want a sample config for implementing the VPN on an 837 let me know as I have lots of them working :-)

John Rennie

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