A virtual private network (VPN) extends a private network across a public network.
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VPN Connection: Can ping printer but not server what is blocking things?
I have a VPN set up between several offices. All but one work fine. With one office, I can ping the printer 192.168.45.30 but not a server 192.168.45.242. Well, I say I can't but when the server was ...
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USA proxy IP in a box [closed]
My boss, US expat, is requesting a solution to watch his US TV shows and other content while he is staying here (small European country you probably never heard of). As I think, the ideal solution ...
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What are the reasons for choosing separate or combined VPN and Internet routers?
Here's a network design question: I've just been reading "IPv6 for Enterprise Networks" by McFarland et. al. and it (among other Cisco documents) separates out Internet routing from remote access VPN. ...
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What is the use of a tunnel interface on a cisco router?
What is a tunnel interface used for on a cisco router?
What is the difference between setting up a VPN connection and a tunnel interface; or does this serve the same purpose?
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Advantages to BGP peering over VPN
Given the advantages to be gained by creating a BGP session with a remote AS over a VPN connection (such as traffic ingress and egress control) why are there no providers offering this type of ...
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What are the downsides of OpenVPN?
I have been seeing so many people always wrestling with IPSec, and many other secure VPN technologies.
I, for one, have always simply used OpenVPN, with beautiful and simple and versatile results. ...
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How can I use SSL remote access VPN for connecting two sites?
I have a Fortigate 110C on my central site. I have a remote site office too. The users at the remote site need to access the central site via a VPN. Can I run SSL client software on one of the PC's or ...
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VPN routing for hosts with multiple ip addresses
I use Mikrotik RouterOS as the NAT router. Some hosts behind the router also have a direct connection to the Internet and these hosts have a default route to the ISP's gateway instead of RouterOS.
I ...
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Will ASA 5540 support 3000 simultaneous IPsec connections?
As part of a new project, we have a requirement to terminate about 3000 IPsec connections on a Cisco ASA 5540 firewall. According to the specs, the maximum IPsec Peers this platform supports is 5000 ...
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How can I reset a VPN tunnel on a Cisco ASA?
On a site-to-site VPN using a ASA 5520 and 5540, respectively, I noticed that from time to time traffic doesn't pass any more, sometimes just there's even missing traffic just for one specific traffic ...
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Unable to connect via VPN to remote network
PROBLEM: I'm unable to connect via VPN to our production network while connected to my home wireless network.
SETUP:
Internet
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ISP router at home
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Cisco ASA 5505 firewall
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Buffalo wireless ...
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Cisco GET VPN Configuration - Best Practices/Can the loopback be used?
I am in the process of re-ip addressing a large number of remote locations, all of which are using a Cisco GET VPN/GDOI configuration for encryption of the traffic. In the process, I also wanted to ...
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What is the proper way to config a Site to Site IPSEC VPN and a Remote Access VLAN on the same external interface? Cisco 891 ISR
I'd be happy to post the config or logs for reference but I am having trouble getting my remote access VPN working on the same interface as my site to site IPSEC VPN. I am using a dynamic crypto map ...
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VPN's in cloud hosting/dedicated server environments, IPSec tunnels vs tinc
I am in the process of designing a virtual private network setup for a cloud hosting environment. Given our requirements I don't really see this as different from a dedicated server environment. The ...
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Cisco ASA site-to-site VPN failover
We recently replaced international MPLS with new ASA 5510s and site-to-site VPNs. However, when we deployed this we ran into a problem where each remote location has 2 ISPs for redundancy, but when ...
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What's the difference between IKE and ISAKMP?
I've been building IPsec VPNs for years but to be honest I've never fully grasped the technical difference between IKE and ISAKMP. I often see the two terms used interchangeably (probably ...
