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mike3169
Member since:
2002-03-16 22:00:30 |  posted: 2002-03-16 22:14:09
Making multiple
connections?
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Hello,
I don't know
how to ask this, since my
friends and I are totally
new to this VPN
stuff...
We all
are running Windows XP
Professional. We can
connect to each other
through VPN, via the
Internet IP addy of the
Host Computer. However,
we cannot connetc more
than one at a time.
In
other words. When Hosting
Incoming Connections(VPN)
on a Host Computer. Only
one Client computer can
connect at a time(secoond
user gets error message
when trying to connect
stating This Connection
is already in use). Is
there a way to get around
this?
Mike
| phildom
Member since:
2001-11-20 10:00:00 |  posted: 2002-03-17 18:28:51
Multiple WinXP VPN
connections
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Mike,
You are going to
need to get a router that
has VPN capabilities.
WinXP can't be used as a
VPN server by itself. If
you have a computer that
has Win2000 server on it,
you can use that as your
VPN server. I would
recommend purchasing
inexpensive VPN routers
for each
endpoint.
-Phildom | mike3169
Member since:
2002-03-16 22:00:30 | posted: 2002-03-18 08:11:54
Thank you
----------
Thanks for your response.
We will look into
prchasing a Router for
this operation.
So
can I assume that the
Router with VPN support
only needs to be
connected to the Host
Computer? Then all
clients specified can
connect to
it?
Reson I ask is
because you say something
asbout haveing the Router
on each endpoint? Are you
saying that everyone that
wants to be on this VPN
we are building has to
have a
Router?
Mike | phildom
Member since:
2001-11-20 10:00:00 | posted: 2002-03-18 12:06:58
Multiple VPN connections
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For every network where
you want to access data,
you'll need to have a VPN
router.
It really
depends what kind of
topology you want.
Type A: Hub and
Spoke
Is there one
network that everyone is
trying to access?
Or,
Type B:
Mesh
Does everyone
want to be able to access
everyone elses network?
For type A you'll
just need a VPN server
with VPN client
software.
For type B
each location will need a
VPN router, but not a VPN
server.
For
inexpensive VPN servers,
I recommend checking out
SnapGear. They have some
appliances that are only
a few hundred
bucks.
Does this
help?
cheers,
P
hil | mike3169
Member since:
2002-03-16 22:00:30 |  posted: 2002-03-18 12:13:06
Yes
----------
YES. That helps a lot. I
appreciate your time and
information.
Thank
s again.
Mike |
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