site-to-site connections, suggestions? VPN? PIX?

[Snug]

Hellow all!

I have 2 locations miles appart that need to be able to see each-other using the most economical/easiest means. Both have cable modems w/linksys routers connecting them to the Internet.

Does anyone have any experience on connecting mutliple locations using the Internet? Pro's, Con's?

Thanks in advance,

 

[littlejohnny]

For an office-to-office solution, lookinto a small cisco pix vpn/firewall appliance or a small nortel box. Some of these routers your'e using may support vpn and firewalling too.

Good luck.

johnb

 

[lgarner]

I've used Linux and Cisco PIX. Both work well, but I'll always recommend an appliance (Cisco) over a server (Linux) for reliability (hard drive failures don't happen if there's no drive).

A small 50x PIX goes for $475-$1100 depending on licensing and features.

 

[saurav2281]

I would certainly recommend you to use Cisco----Cisco device prefferably pix. If you need any assistance in configuring them I would be glad to help youout on that.

 

[PaulGillespie]

OR you can go for a cheaper solution and use Netgear or Linksys VPN routers. Works just as well for small situations and is loads cheaper. (Just my opinion). also dead easy to setup.