Anyone know VPNs?

[MisterCMK]

Do you have any experience with SSH Sentinel? I have a smoothwall router that I am trying to get a vpn set up with. There is a page on how to do it, but they use SSH Sentinel. I have a copy of SSH Sentinel, however when I install it, my computer can no longer get an IP address from the local DHCP server.

[integra_gsr98]

No, I don't use cheap shit, sorry. Haha.
All VPN crap I do is Cisco and Cisco only. Sorry.

[MisterCMK]

You should try smoothwall sometime. Its just as secure as the Cisco equiptment. The best part is that its open source and free.

[integra_gsr98]

No thanks, I demand absolute performance out of all of my networks. A PC running open source software where routing occurs is the last thing I need.

[MisterCMK]

Have you even looked at what I am talking about? Maybe next time you should look into it before making such ignorant claims.

[btleier]

If you realm of knowledge doesn't include getting VPN's to work, I don't think you should be challenging Nick's knowledge of networking.

[integra_gsr98]

Sorry I'll be quiet, I've never touched a network before.

[MisterCMK]

integra_gsr98 wrote:
Sorry I'll be quiet, I've never touched a network before.

I don't question your knowledge of networking, but to just flat out say that open source is crap is a load of crap. I would think that you would know more about that.

btleier wrote:
If you realm of knowledge doesn't include getting VPN's to work, I don't think you should be challenging Nick's knowledge of networking.

Getting the VPN to work was no problem once I fixed the client software. Piece of cake. However, I don't think that you should even be sticking your nose into shit you don't understand.

[integra_gsr98]

First off:

I've been using open source products for 10 years. Second, open source operating systems work great in a server environment, this I do use them for.

Third, when high availability (read 99.99% uptime) highly scalable (read everything in a minimum of pairs) and quality are required, open source does not cut it in a lot of ways.

I would not trust my corporate traffic to a network run on anything other than Cisco products, ESPECIALLY my VPNs.

[Jim]

There's a good reason why high business uses cisco not open source....

[MisterCMK]

There is also a thing called a budget. Many small companies cannot afford the Cisco stuff.

[integra_gsr98]

You would be surprised how much cisco gear many small companies can afford.
I've done a lot of cool things for a lot of small companies using Cisco equipment.

[MisterCMK]

There is some pretty cool stuff you can do, but we really do not have the funds for it. Hopefully one day we will, but until now I have to make do.

[integra_gsr98]

What are you trying to do?

[2slo50h]

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