Topic: Multiple VPN and using Fixed IP addresses

[edform]

I've been using a combination of VPN to the SME server plus Windows XP Remote Desktop to allow individal clients to control their in-house machines when out of the office, and this approach works very well; Windows XP Remote Desktop is very fast, unlike VNC or PC-Anywhere.

I now have a situation where I have to allow two users in one office to log onto two remote desktop machines at the same time. With a single fixed IP address I can only establish a VPN from one of the workstations - How do I go about setting up this situation.

Ed Form

[edform]

No answers?

[gardnc]

Our company has successfully used freeswan IPSEC VPN to accomplish this task.  We have several installations that have as many as 20 IPSEC VPNs in place as well as PPTP connections.  

In some builds of SME we have experienced problems with PPTP connections breaking the IPSEC and forcing a restart of IPSEC, and have never been able to figure out why.  Some builds seem to never experience the problem.  My opinion has always been that it was a NIC driver issue, but still, we never located it.

But, in general, we have been very successful with freeswan.  We installed freeswan from their site.

Larry