Termination of a L2TP connection

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My ISP provides a Static IP which we need to view cameras from a remote location. The ISP says we need a Router that supports the termination of a L2TP connection. We have all the details and just need a router that supports this but need a cost effective solution. Any Routers you can recommend? Or is there another way around this?
 
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So this is what I did. Simple wireless DSL compatible router with L2TP passthrough capabilities (TP-link by the way, i find the netgear and d-link to give issues), then I acquired a RouterBOARD 750 for the VPN L2TP capabilities. I found that the most cost effective way was to get x2 separate units which totaled only 2 3rds of what a unit with all those features combined would cost.
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bill001g

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Generally nobody users L2TP by itself since it is not secure. It is almost always implemented in conjunction with IPSEC.

There are a lot of routers that support this. The key search word will be VPN.

If you can access the cameras directly or you must use a VPN is more related to the camera software design that anything else. If the cameras had simple web interfaces you access directly you could just use port mapping. Say you had ip 192.168.1.10 192.168.1.11 192.168.1.12 etc all using the standard port 80 web interface. You could just map say port 80 to 192.168.1.10 port 80 port 81 to 192.168.1.11 port 80 port 82 to 192.168.1.12 port 80. Then from the outside you would key in your router ip with :80 for the first :81 for the second and port :82 for the third.

Some camera systems though intentionally will not accept access from device off the lan...in most cases the camera company want to sell you a expensive controller software.
 
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Having a VPN router is probably the safest bet. If you just need a simple VPN router that supports L2TP and is cost effective, this may be a solution: TP-Link TL-R600VPN . I have not used that particular router, but have used switches made by TP-Link and have been very happy with them.
 
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So this is what I did. Simple wireless DSL compatible router with L2TP passthrough capabilities (TP-link by the way, i find the netgear and d-link to give issues), then I acquired a RouterBOARD 750 for the VPN L2TP capabilities. I found that the most cost effective way was to get x2 separate units which totaled only 2 3rds of what a unit with all those features combined would cost.
 
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