Solved: ASA5505 - Maximum VPN Clients

Robert Ho · ‎12-23-2008

Hey all, any idea what the maximum number of VPN clients can connect to the ASA5505? It is running the base image. Thanks, robert.

Licensed features for this platform:

Maximum Physical Interfaces : 8

VLANs : 3, DMZ Restricted

Inside Hosts : Unlimited

Failover : Disabled

VPN-DES : Enabled

VPN-3DES-AES : Enabled

VPN Peers : 10

WebVPN Peers : 2

Dual ISPs : Disabled

VLAN Trunk Ports : 0

This platform has a Base license.

Farrukh Haroon · ‎12-24-2008

Yes apparently your understanding is correct. If you have a box running you could lab this up and see what happens after the 11'th simulatenous client tried to connect. Most probably the client wil see an error message.

Please rate if helpful.

Regards

Farrukh

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Farrukh Haroon · ‎12-24-2008

The information can be found on the following links, it seems for base license, it is 10.

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps6120/prod_models_comparison.html

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/prod/collateral/vpndevc/ps6032/ps6094/ps6120/product_data_sheet0900aecd80402e3f.html

Regards

Farrukh

Robert Ho · ‎12-24-2008

so, vpn "peers" and vpn "clients" are synonymous? if a small business with 25 employees has an asa5505, then no more than 10 employees can connect with the base license?

Farrukh Haroon · ‎12-24-2008

Yes apparently your understanding is correct. If you have a box running you could lab this up and see what happens after the 11'th simulatenous client tried to connect. Most probably the client wil see an error message.

Please rate if helpful.

Regards

Farrukh

Robert Ho · ‎12-25-2008

Just to make sure, we can have unlimited user/pass accounts but only 10 can connect simultaneously?

Farrukh Haroon · ‎12-25-2008

Yes Robert, this limit does not apply to usernames (either local or on a AAA server).

Regards

Farrukh

Robert Ho · ‎12-24-2008

Farrukh, thanks for the link. It is exactly what we needed!