John Navas <spamfilter1@navasgroup.com> hath wroth:
>On Tue, 24 Apr 2007 01:18:23 -0700, Jeff Liebermann
><jeffl@comix.santa-cruz.ca.us> wrote in
><btdr2395ero2j4mouje8i4q8q9k1marbp0@4ax.com>:
>
>>"ttdifferent@gmail.com" <ttdifferent@gmail.com> hath wroth:
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>>>It says nothing about vpn.
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>>Yeah, I noticed. Nothing in the data sheet, knowledge pile, or docs.
>
>Page 59 was missing from the copy you downloaded?
Yep, I was lazy. The "user guide" is 12MBytes big and I decided that
I didn't want to wait for the download. It was midnight, and the
download was running at 10KBytes/sec. This morning, it's at
25KBytes/sec. Yawn.... I guess I'll wait the 10 minutes.
<http://us.zyxel.com/web/support_download_detail.php?sqno=165848>
I read the "quick start guide" and data sheet, neither of which
mentions VPN. Neither does a search of the knowledge base. However,
I wanna read about their built in RADIUS server, so I might as well
grab the PDF.
10 minutes remaining to download.... this page 59 had better be worth
reading. Maybe a foldout? Pictures of the insides without covers?
6 minutes remaining and it's 40% done. The anticipation of success is
making me thirsty. Time for a green tea fix. Maybe if I don't watch,
it will go faster. Bubble, bubble, toil and trouble....
2 minutes remaining and it's 60% done and back down to 10KBytes/sec.
Is it true that one must suffer before enlightenment? Maybe if I add
sugar, it won't taste like green tea.
30 seconds remaining and 98% done and it's down to 5KBytes/sec. No
wireless involved so that's not it. I guess it's just a bad day for
downloading.
Done in 17 minutes. On to page 59 out of 440 pages. Ugh, big. It's
days like this that I really like searchable PDF documentation.
Looks like it has a PPTP client built into the firmware. There may be
other types of clients as there is a pull down box on the menu for
encapsulation type. No foldout. However, a PPTP client does not
answer the original question. This is about VPN passthru.
The index, under "IPSec", points to page 39 which mumbles something
about the router supporting certificates. So, I guess it can do
authentication.
On page 40, it claims support of SSL Passthrough, but in reference to
web pages, not a VPN. However, if it works for web pages, it should
work for a VPN (famous last assumption).
Under firewall rules on Page 160, it mentions a rule set for IPSec
either AH or ESP encapsulation. This implies that the router at least
recognizes IPSec VPN's and can pass them through the firewall.
Nothing else I could find for VPN. From skimming the docs, in about
the same time span that it took to download, I would conclude that
support for VPN passthrough is indeterminate and must be tested first,
especially the number of tunnels supported simultaneously. Since
there is a prefab firewall rule for IPSec for encapsulation type, it's
possible that at least IPSec is supported. It's also possible that
I'm searching for the wrong term. I did read the entire TOC and
index, but found nothing useful.
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