From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue May 3 14:19:45 2005 Return-Path: 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 C535216A4CE for ; Tue, 3 May 2005 14:19:45 +0000 (GMT) Received: from pne-smtpout1-sn1.fre.skanova.net (pne-smtpout1-sn1.fre.skanova.net [81.228.11.98]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E335043D1D for ; Tue, 3 May 2005 14:19:44 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from freebsd@stortsett.se) Received: from kalle.stortsett.local (81.230.166.90) by pne-smtpout1-sn1.fre.skanova.net (7.1.026.7) id 42650A3B003A2AEB for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Tue, 3 May 2005 16:19:38 +0200 Received: from www.susie.mine.nu (localhost.stortsett.local [127.0.0.1]) by kalle.stortsett.local (Postfix) with ESMTP id 872C864EF for ; Tue, 3 May 2005 16:19:38 +0200 (CEST) Received: from 131.116.254.199 (proxying for unknown) (SquirrelMail authenticated user per) by www.susie.mine.nu with HTTP; Tue, 3 May 2005 16:19:38 +0200 (CEST) Message-ID: <22375.131.116.254.199.1115129978.squirrel@www.susie.mine.nu> Date: Tue, 3 May 2005 16:19:38 +0200 (CEST) From: "Per B" To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org User-Agent: SquirrelMail/1.4.4 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain;charset=iso-8859-1 X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Importance: Normal Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Subject: VPN through a FreeBSD firewall? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 03 May 2005 14:19:45 -0000 Hello all! I have a small network at home which I am upgrading speedwise, i.e. I am about to go from 8 Mbit to 24 Mbit (ADSL2) on the WAN side. I intend then to use my FreeBSD 5.3 box as a firewall/NAT/proxy server. Two questions: First, the big one: I sometimes work from home. Then I connect to the office from my XP laptop via a VPN tunnel (today I have a ZyXEL G2000 as fw/nat/router). So, if I put the FreeBSD box in place of the ZyXEL and th= e FreeBSD does ipfw/nat, will it still work with the VPN stuff? N.B., the FreeBSD box will not do the VPN stuff, just pass it through! I am using the Cisco client on the laptop if that matters. Like this: laptop with vpn -> FreeBSD with two network interfaces -> ADSL modem -> N= ET Anyone knows what happens if I put the ZyXEL as a wireless router between the laptop and FreeBSD; would VPN work then? VPN passes through the ZyXEL today without problem but can it pass through the two boxes? Second question: someone told me that the ZyXEL cannot handle 24 Mbit, therefor I want to use the FreeBSD box instead. Can FreeBSD handle 24Mbit from the ADSL modem? I think it can, anyone against? ;-) TIA! --=20 Per Berger /"\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign \ / No HTML/RTF in e-mail http://www.stortsett.se/ X No Word docs in e-mail http://hav.just.nu/ / \ Respect for open standards