Establishing multiple VPN Connections with Cisco 2821

[gatekeeper72]

Hello,

Does anyone know if its possible to establish multiple VPN connections to different hosts with a cisco 2821 router.

We'd like to use the router to establish secure connections to 2 seperate hosts.

Thanks in advance

[Wilson Samuel]

Hi

You mean Remote Access VPNs correct? Means where different users connect to branch office with their Dial-Ups or DSL connections.

There are generally two ways to do it, 1. IPSec Protocol 2. MPPE Protocol

I would prefer the first one however its bit complex.

Let us know your requirement and we will be glad to help you out.

Kind Regards,

Wilson Samuel

[Richard Burts]

Paul

The 2821 certainly should be able to support 2 VPN connections, whether they are site to site or are remote access. I have quite a few 1841s supporting 2 site to site VPNs. So the 2821 should certainly be capable of that. Of course it depends a bit on what else you are asking the 2821 to do and what the processing load of those other tasks might be.

HTH

Rick

[gatekeeper72]

Thanks for the replies.

Just to be clear we're looking to establish 2 VPN's to different VPN hosts. i.e One VPN established to site A and the other to site B.

Rick: If I've read your reply correctly, this shouldn't be an issue.

Thanks again

Paul

[Richard Burts]

Paul

Without knowing what else you might be doing it is hard to be certain. But I would be quite amazed if the 2821 had any difficulty at all with 2 VPN sessions to 2 different hosts. It is certainly WELL within the capabilities of the box.

HTH

Rick