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Andrei

Hi everybody!

A company has 10 workstations, a server and a switch to which they are
connected.
The task is to modify the network so that all workstations could go on the
internet, and traveling employees could connect to the office network via
VPN.

There are two different solutions:

1. To bay a DSL/VPN router (Linksys for example), connect it to the switch
and configure it to complete the task.

2. To connect the server to Internet with a new NIC. Then, configure the
server to accept incoming VPN connections and make it an internet gateway
for the users on the office network.

The question is which way is better and secure, and why?
Money are out of the question.
Please, if you are have any thoughts about it, please, drop a line!

Thank you!
Andrei.
 
Helloi would use the router ,if you use a modem on the server only one person can use it at one time.
to make it secure, install a firewall(recommended)
 
Use a second nic to connect to the router.
Make sure the internal nic has no gateway. External nic should be in a
different IP-range and the gateway should point to the router-IP. DNS on
both internal and external nic should point to the server-IP.
ISP-DNS-numbers should be set in DNS-server, tab Forwarders. On the external
nic only TCP/IP should be bound.
Check bindingorder and make sure internal nic is on top.
Make sure options 003, 006 and 015 are set in DHCP-server, Scope options. If
you have W9x, ME or NT4-clients, make sure WINS is installed and options 044
and 046 (0x8) are set as well.
Because you want to use RRAS, also make sure you've done the regedits in
292822.

Marina
 
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