[c-nsp] VPN Device

[Shakeel Ahmad]

Have a look here to see VPN / Performance for cisco devices:

http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/765/tools/quickreference/index.shtml





On 12/6/06, Shaun <mailinglists at unix-scripts.com> wrote:
>
> under 4K would be nice for a ebay version... really would like somthing
> around 1K or less but doubt i'll find somthing like that if it's from
> cisco.
>
> Right now i need somthing to support 5 users, but i would like it to
> support
> 10-20 if possible.
>
> I saw issues with the 2621 where you could only push a small amount of
> traffic through the unit, if i remember correctly it was like maybe
> 20mbit... i want to say it was even lower than that.  It's been a
> while.  I
> would like for the unit to push the full speed of a 100mbit line but i
> know
> with encryption on a small unit that it may be limited.  Even 50mbit would
> be nice...
>
> As far as i know the unit was just using normal fastethernet modules.
>
>
> ~Shaun
>
>
> "Justin M. Streiner" <streiner at cluebyfour.org> wrote in message
> news:Pine.LNX.4.64.0612052220560.11568 at whammy.cluebyfour.org...
> > On Tue, 5 Dec 2006, Shaun wrote:
> >
> >> I'm looking for a device that will allow remote/offsite techs/admins to
> >> vpn
> >> into our network and be able to use the internet, basically they would
> >> look
> >> as if they where onsite to the world.  I've done this on a cisco 2621
> >> before
> >> but performance and throughput sucked.  Was wondering if anybody could
> >> recommend a device that would be able to do this at a decient price.
> >
> > That would depend on a number of things:
> > 1. What is a decent price?
> > 2. How many simultaneous VPN users do you need to support?
> > 3. How do you characterize acceptable performance and throughput?
> >
> > When you say the performance sucked on the 2621, were you using a
> network
> > module to allow the encryption/decryption to be handled in hardware?  If
> > not, that would all fall on to the CPU and your performance would go
> down
> > the tubes very quickly.
> >
> > The 2800 and 3800 series have VPN encryption hardware built in.  I've
> > built a few site-to-site VPNs on 2800s and they work fine.  The ASA
> > firewall appliances (successor to the PIX) works well for client-based
> > remote-access VPNs and I have a customer using one for exactly what you
> > describe above with no problems.
> >
> > jms
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