From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Sep 3 18:53: 9 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0E4FE37B400 for ; Tue, 3 Sep 2002 18:53:04 -0700 (PDT) Received: from tonnant.xo.com (tonnant.xo.com [207.155.248.76]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A15E743E42 for ; Tue, 3 Sep 2002 18:53:03 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from fred@timogen.com) Received: from fred ([61.170.156.191]) by tonnant.xo.com id VAA15921; Tue, 3 Sep 2002 21:53:01 -0400 (EDT) [ConcentricHost SMTP Relay 1.14] From: fred@timogen.com Message-ID: <012701c25433$75690f80$8d05a8c0@fred> To: Cc: "OrgFreebsd-Questions@Freebsd." References: <003401c2534e$f6b8dce0$0701a8c0@darryl> Subject: Re: VPN - some questions Date: Wed, 4 Sep 2002 09:52:09 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Hi Sir, Could I ask a questions? 1) What is the max users that can concurrentlly connect to the VPN Server(mpd in freebsd ) ? 2) Does two users in the same subnet can connect to the VPN Server concurrentlly? Regards, Fred Zhang ----- Original Message ----- From: "Darryl Hoar" To: "'Jim Durham'" Cc: Sent: Tuesday, September 03, 2002 6:36 AM Subject: RE: VPN - some questions > > My home client could be Windows 2000 or Linux. I would > want to connect to my work LAN through the internet. > My Firewall is FreeBSD 4.5. I need: > 1. a tutorial for setting up VPN on my FreeBSD fireall. > 2. Recommendation for VPN client to run on my home > machine (windows 2000 or Linux. My machine is dual boot). > 3. a tutorial for setting up VPN client on my home machine. > > thanks, > Darryl > > > >From: Jim Durham [mailto:durham@w2xo.pgh.pa.us] > >Sent: Friday, August 30, 2002 11:00 PM > >To: darryl@osborne-ind.com > >Subject: Re: VPN - some questions > > > > > >On Friday 30 August 2002 12:33 pm, Darryl Hoar wrote: > >> Greetings, > >> my LAN is connected to the internet in the following fashion: > >> > >> SMC DSL Modem (static IP address assigned) -> > >> FreeBSD Firewall NIC1 (DHCP assigned IP from DSL Modem) > >> FreeBSD Firewall NIC2 is connected to my LAN. > >> > >> I want to be able to access my LAN from the internet using VPN. > >> If I configure VPN on the Firewall, and use a VPN client on my > >> home computer, should I be able to access my LAN? > >> > >> I looked on FreeBSD.org handbook, and FAQ, but didn't see > >> any VPN. (I also might be blind.). > >> > >> Any pointers on how to set this up? > >> > > > >mpd from the ports collection does well for Windows VPN > >clients and IPSEC > >works well for FreeBSD. You didn't say what OS you wanted to > >use to connect > >via VPN. > > > >IPSEC is a kernel option. mpd uses the netgraph interface in > >the kernel. It > >comes with a sample config file that shows how to set it up > >for Microsoft's > >VPN clients. > > > >-Jim > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message