civic00typer
Gawd
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- Dec 5, 2003
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I am just starting to put together some ideas for an upcoming project. Basically I have a site with 16 client computers, connected to the internet with two DSL modems. I purchased the Linksys RV016 router to load balance between the two lines. This site will be accessing a server in a remote location on a separate network.
I am not sure how to connect the clients to the server, and make it transparent to the end user. I believe the server and clients should be on the same network connected via VPN. Not sure how to implement... perhaps there is a better solution. The router is capable of terminating VPN connections.
The basic setup is:
Server (public IP) ---> Router (no NAT) ---> Internet <--- RV016 (NAT) <--- Client Workstations
The 16 clients will need to see the server and upload/download files via CIFS. I need something that is reliable... that won't block NETBIOS broadcasts. One solution that came to surface is simply installing the VPN client software on the server and connecting to the VPN gateway at the site. Howerver, I am not sure how reliable this is... and again perhaps there is a better (more reliable) method. If the VPN connection goes down the clients will not be able to locate the server.... its not possible for the end-user to bring the VPN connection online if the server is connecting with a client. I may be going about this all wrong, my network experience is limited.
I am not sure how to connect the clients to the server, and make it transparent to the end user. I believe the server and clients should be on the same network connected via VPN. Not sure how to implement... perhaps there is a better solution. The router is capable of terminating VPN connections.
The basic setup is:
Server (public IP) ---> Router (no NAT) ---> Internet <--- RV016 (NAT) <--- Client Workstations
The 16 clients will need to see the server and upload/download files via CIFS. I need something that is reliable... that won't block NETBIOS broadcasts. One solution that came to surface is simply installing the VPN client software on the server and connecting to the VPN gateway at the site. Howerver, I am not sure how reliable this is... and again perhaps there is a better (more reliable) method. If the VPN connection goes down the clients will not be able to locate the server.... its not possible for the end-user to bring the VPN connection online if the server is connecting with a client. I may be going about this all wrong, my network experience is limited.