Point To Point Hardware VPN

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I need to setup a VPN network between two locations. One office has Comcast Business as their ISP and the other has Wave broadband. Both have a decent fiber optic connection with roughly 30/10 megs.

What would you guys recommend getting two decent home/small business routers and putting DD-WRT on them and enable the PPTP VPN connection option or buying a dedicated VPN device such as... http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833150142

Let me know what you think. Thanks!
 
Cisco is always a ripoff... Good stuff but not needed in most cases. If you have a firewall in both locations most likely you already have the hardware part just need to set it up. If you have no fire wall loo into maybe Sonicwall by Dell or something like this.

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I would also recommend taking a look into the Sonicwalls. I've used Sonicwall TZ series firewalls at several offices, including my own business, and they are great devices and fairly cheap for all the features that you can get as well. I've done a few site-to-site VPN tunnels before with the sonicwalls as well and they are VERY easy to set up and get going compared to the Cisco routers and firewalls I have worked with.

Deciding which model to go with is a little difficult as we would need to know more about the size of your business, the type of network traffic you need, and other features such as the number of network zones or VLANs you need. The nice thing about the sonicwalls is they have a huge range of products from the basic TZ 105 to the NSA enterprise firewall and secure gateway appliances for large businesses. Connecting site-to-site secure VPN tunnels works great between any of these devices.
 

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I am networking two veterinary clinics together, with about 8 computers at each clinic. I need to setup a hardware based VPN to simulate the networks being seen as one. What device would you guys recommend? I'm looking into the sonicwall's, a little pricey though.



I would have to disagree, Cisco makes top notch products. You pay for the premium (just like apple products) but the saying does hold true... You get what you pay for.
 

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After skimming over it's functions I didn't see an option that allows for a device to device VPN. If I buy two of these guys will they be able to connect together and form a tunnel?
 

From the manual:
Router and VPN Client Access
The Cisco RV180/RV180W incorporates a Stateful Packet Inspection (SPI)-based
router with Denial of Service (DoS) prevention and a Virtual Private Network (VPN)
engine for secure communication between mobile or remote workers and branch
offices.
The Cisco RV180/RV180W supports up to ten gateway-to-gateway IP Security
(IPsec) tunnels to facilitate branch office connectivity through encrypted virtual
links. Users connecting through a VPN tunnel are attached to your company’s
network with secure access to files, e-mail, and your intranet as if they were in the
building.
You can also use the VPN capability to allow users on your small office network to
securely connect out to a corporate network.
http://tools.cisco.com/search/display?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cisco.com%2Fen%2FUS%2Fdocs%2Frouters%2Fcsbr%2Frv180w%2Fadministration%2Fguide%2Frv180w_admin.pdf&pos=2&strqueryid=3&websessionid=0_nzzgdfPJA3in0dONPmGBS
 

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So it does not support a point to point VPN tunnel. Correct?
 

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The Cisco RV180 does look like it supports site-to-site VPN tunnels. Just in my experience working with them in comparison to Sonicwall firewalls, it is more difficult to get the VPN tunnels to work in the Cisco systems compared to Sonicwall which is very straight forward. One of the other nice features I like with the Sonicwalls is you only need to have a static IP address at one of the sites, not both like you usually have to have with the Cisco ASA series firewalls.

https://www.fuzeqna.com/sonicwallkb/consumer/kbdetail.asp?kbid=4834&catID3=388&catID2=576&catID1=143
 

Sorry, i don't get it. One acts as the vpn server, the other as the client. That's called a point to point tunnel. What did i miss?