Re: VPN Question

From: Jeff Grossman (jeff@stikman.com)
Date: 10/15/02 

From: Jeff Grossman <jeff@stikman.com>
Date: Tue, 15 Oct 2002 01:01:59 GMT

W. B. <civikminded@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Hi Jeff,
>
> I'm assuming that this is connected to the previous posting that you had.
> You are going to need to be very careful what hardware you pick out, because
> IPSEC VPN's are not always interoperable between brands, not to mention
> getting them to work together can be a big time headache. So a Linksys VPN
> may not negotiate with a Zyxel VPN/Firewall, for example. If you have many
> locations I'm assuming that your business is fairly large, and if you are
> replacing current frame connections, ROI on the VPN will be huge. I would
> spend the money to get matched hardware that you know will work right, and
> can be supported by a vendor. To stay on the cheaper end of things I would
> look at Sonicwalls, or Zyxels, and use their matching 'commuter box'
> solution for the satellite offices. If you till want to go the multi-vendor
> route, study each vendors interoperability docs and whitepapers carefully.
>
> Sorry this didn't have anything to do with your question.;)
>

This was very helpful. Thanks for the information. I will go studying
the information and see what I can come up with.

Jeff 

-- 
Jeff Grossman (jeff@stikman.com)

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