adrianelliott
Programmer
Hi Guys,
I'm looking for some general advice about setting up a remote access VPN on an 1841 router.
After a brief read through the documentation on cisco.com, I came to the conclusion that L2TP/IPSec would be the best approach to take. I do not have a support contract, and all that is important is that a few select users have secure VPN access for emergencies. I understand the basic part about setting up the tunnel, but the security stuff goes over my head! Basically I want users to be able to access the VPN with the Windows client, using a username / password. Once they are connected to the VPN they can then use active directory credentials to access shared resources etc.
Please could someone outline how IPSec security works on this router? I really don't understand certificates etc, I was just hoping to be able to set very strong passwords for a couple of users so that they can VPN if need be.
Something like an overview to the steps needed to get this VPN up would be great.
Many thanks
I'm looking for some general advice about setting up a remote access VPN on an 1841 router.
After a brief read through the documentation on cisco.com, I came to the conclusion that L2TP/IPSec would be the best approach to take. I do not have a support contract, and all that is important is that a few select users have secure VPN access for emergencies. I understand the basic part about setting up the tunnel, but the security stuff goes over my head! Basically I want users to be able to access the VPN with the Windows client, using a username / password. Once they are connected to the VPN they can then use active directory credentials to access shared resources etc.
Please could someone outline how IPSec security works on this router? I really don't understand certificates etc, I was just hoping to be able to set very strong passwords for a couple of users so that they can VPN if need be.
Something like an overview to the steps needed to get this VPN up would be great.
Many thanks
