Mike Manchester wrote:
>Here's my dilemma and I'm hoping someone can help steer me in the right
>direction. I need to have a VPN using IPSec to a company intranet.
>
>1. Should I get a router that supports this such as the linksys or the
>SMC?
> a. should I get a wireless router
> b. Or just a router and add the wireless later? if that is possible.
>
>2. I would like to go wireless if not now in the near future. Are there
>pcmcia cards that work in a laptop running Linux.
>
Yes. Aironet (now owned by Cisco), BusLink, and probably most others.
Check before buying.
>
>
>3. Should I take one of my old machines and convert it into a Linux
>router. I have a Linux router now running Freesco on a 486 but can't
>get it setup for IPSec. I was looking at Coyote but I would need to
>replace the 486 with a 64meg P133 or greater to do IPSec. According to
>Coyote's page.
>
This works pretty well. You can probably scrounge P133 hardware for
cheap, or free. I think there were some Pentiums at our last hardware
giveaway?
>
>
>4. Can a wireless connection be setup on the Linux router at a later
>date. It looks like most of these use USB. Though some come with there
>own cards. And I'm not sure if Linux would support this type of setup on
>the router.
>
Yes, but with a Coyote distro, you will need to re-run the setup utility
to create a new floppy, with the appropriate drivers.
>
>
>5. Can wireless be added to a commercial router like Linksys BEFSR41 or
>the SMC / DLink equivalent
>
>6. Cost is a consideration, as this is for personal use and not business
>use. I would like to keep it under $200
>
That should be easy, unless wireless is really important. I paid ~$150
just for a wireless PCMCIA card, with ISA carrying-bracket. You might
be able to buy one cheaper (even used?) today.
>
>I would like the Linux solution, but setting up IPSec pass through
>doesn't appear to be to easy. I keep reading about kernel patches to get
>it to work. Plus getting a machine with more power than the 486. So I'm
>leaning towards the Linksys BEFSR41, but I did see somewhere on the net
>that people could only do the setup from Internet Explore, that won't
>work for me. I like SMC / DLink support for Linux so there router would
>be a consideration.
>
>I know, given enough time I could figure this all out by searching the
>internet. I have done some preliminary searches already. That's what
>made the above questions come up:) The problem being I need this
>solution ASAP and Don't have much time for research, So I'm hoping to
>tap into the vast knowledge of all the sluggers that might have
>experience in this area.
>
>Mike M.
>
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