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On 00:42 Sun 24 Apr, Linux GNUbie wrote: |
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> Hello all, |
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> We're planning to deploy Linux based VPN client using IPSec on our |
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> branches which will have a downstream/upstream of 256Kbps DSL |
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> connection. Our VPN gateway which will be located in our main office |
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> will run on an OpenS/WAN VPN implementation. My first question is, do |
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> you guys think that the Linksys [1]BEFSR41 or the [2]WRT54G can cater |
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> the said requirement? All of the VPN clients will have a single server |
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> behind them and connected through a crossover cable only. The VPN |
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> connection is actually dedicated to the server behind each VPN clients. |
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> My only concerns of the two said Linksys appliances when it comes to |
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> their hardware specifications are: |
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> [a] 200Mhz processor |
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> [b] 4MB flash drives |
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> [c] 16MB RAM |
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I have a Linksys WRT54G v2.2 running OpenWRT. If you haven't already |
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checked it out, I think you should: |
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http://openwrt.org/ |
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I bought my unit at the time when v2.2 had just been published and wasn't |
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officially supported by OpenWRT (still isn't). I played around with the |
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unit quite a lot at the time and now it is pretty unstable (random |
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reboots) under heavy load... BUT my friend has a similar unit and he hasn't |
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had any problems with it. We both have a 10 Mbps downstream/upstream DSL, |
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so my problems are propably due to my experiments. I'm pretty confident |
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that you would be just fine. |
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> My second question is, do you guys think that with the said hardware |
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> specifications, it is possible to install Gentoo Linux in it? |
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I think it could be possible, but what do I know: I'm a newbie with this |
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sort of stuff. |
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If someone has or is going to try to install Gentoo to Linksys WRT54G, |
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I'm eager to contribute at least by testing! |
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> Below are the tools that I need so far for the VPN client: |
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> [a] IPTables |
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> [b] VPN client |
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> [c] OpenSSH |
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> [d] RP-PPPoE |
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> [e] IPTraf |
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> [f] nmap |
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> [g] mtr |
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There is a package tracker for OpenWRT: |
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http://nthill.free.fr/openwrt/tracker/ |
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Didn't find nmap nor mtr, but the rest are available. |
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- Eero |
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