Q: I have a while ago here (http:// ($ MySite) / messageview.cfm? Catid = 36 u0026amp; threadid = 1374167 u0026amp; enterthr EAD = y) our problems with email / VPN, and did We deal with a new provider (sonic.net) that is better. That was a big suggestion.
However, we are still issues with VPN, and this has wasted a good number of hours / days for everyone in our SF office. Unfortunately I do not know much about VPN at all (except that it does not work most of the time here) and I get very frustrated with this whole process. Our IT consultant guy there insists that our SF Linksys wireless router, have difficulty communicating with the D-Link router from East and that a good solution is to get a router D-Link here . : Roll:
Instead, any suggestions I would really enjoy a good solid router / etc configuration to ensure that we never * this * anymore, um, fun, VPN / connectivity problems. In SF, we want a wireless router that can also disseminate information about our 8 static IPs (ideally, dynamic), and either a wireless router or a regular in NJ. I heard that the introduction of Sonic Wall routers at each end would do the trick. What do yall think? Are there other solutions should we try?
Summary: 977,503 – an urgent need for a permanent / persistent VPN connection b / w two offices (and a good on-call IT guy in SF, haha) 977 503 – 10-15 people in SF, either wireless or wired-in
20 -25 people in NJ, mostly wired, but wireless can good
Windows VPN client
Both SF and NJ-DSL
Currently in NJ D-Link, Linksys WRT54G in SF (it really should not matter)
Best Answer: From checking out the PDF file in the sources area, it looks like it's a function of the print driver. Possibly a menu selection or different driver needs to be installed for faxing capabilities?
As for the server. Depends on what kind of hardware its on as to if it can handle it and what else is installed on it. If there's nothing else, and it's a small business, and you're not faxing 50 – 60 pages / fax, you should be ok running it. If it's just a DC doing fileshareing, I'd say you should be ok. Take a base line of the server prior to setting up the fax solution and have a few select users start to use the fax capabilities, and monitor it again. If the new monitor readings spike a lot higher than the original base line, you know you'll need a new server.
For light duty faxing, I don't think it should be a problem unless the driver does some type of document converstion on the server as opposed to the workstation.
Re:hmm, ours currently looks more like this:
[PC #1]….[PC #2]….[Network Printer]
………|………..|………..|………..
…….[D-Link Router in NJ]
………………….||
…………..<<Internet>> and VPN conx
………………….||
…….[Linksys WRT54g Router] (SF)
………|………..|……………….|
[PC #1]….[PC #2]….[Network Printer]
+ local servers on both ends, web server in NJ
Re:This might help http://www.firewalls.com/vpn.asp
Re:I'm not sure how you even have VPN working with those two routers right now being as they are both VPN passthrough only. As far as I know in order for the networks to be merged together both of the routers need to be VPN Endpoints. Kind of like this:
…………..<<Internet>>
………………….||
…….[Linksys WRT54g Router]
………|………..|……………….|
[PC #1]….[PC #2]….[Network Printer]
1. VPN Endpoints connect both routers together. As you can see above this would allow each network to see the entire contents of the other, including the printer and whatever else may be hooked up.
2. VPN Passthrough allows VPN connections to pass through the router to a PC inside the network. This isn't as good as the PC may not have access to the contents of the rest of the network. And a PC is a lot more flakey of an endpoint then a quality firewall that would be on 24/7.
As far as Sonicwalls go I have been looking at them for an office of my own. (One of the SOHO series.) I haven't bought one yet but people seem to think that they are good. If anyone has more suggestions for good firewall/VPNs I would appreciate the input. 
This is all based on my limited understanding of VPN. Please correct me if I am wrong.
-Por
Re:My understanding is that the SonicWall routers establish a single 'permanent' VPN connection, and everyone in the office can log on just like a LAN. This makes sense, but is it the best, most reliable solution out there?
Re:Though I've never set this up either, it's a solution we've sought out also. It's interesting that you mention SonicWall because when we got a professional quote to setup a permanent VPN connection between two offices, they suggested a couple of $800 sonicwall firewall/VPN endpoints on each end and have them tunnel to each other. Now I'm not really sure how this works or how to set it up, but I think that's the main idea of it. Maybe someone can explain more (it looks like just a bunch of tweaking settings here and there so that the two firewall/VPN boxes can directly connect to each other.
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