Need software for Site-to-Site VPN connection.?

Question

Need software for Site-to-Site VPN connection. We are having 2 branch offices and 5-7 computers in each branch. Now we want connect all the computers in these two branches just like they are on local network. I know via hardware VPN it can be possible but at present its not feasible for to buy h/w VPN. So some other solution for this (even any paid software).

Answer 1

Any "site to site" solution like what you want to do using software is going to be fairly costly as well. Why? You'll need a system to act as the gateway on each end to run the VPN software. You could do this with a couple of PCs and Linux or FreeBSD on each end would fit the bill nicely. There are specialized distributions like IPcop, M0n0wall and PFsense that would all do a fine job at this.



What's the Internet connection at each site? You'd be surprised how inexpensive this could be to get done.



For instance, I see loads of older Netscreen 5GTs on eBay for $50-100. 1 of those at each end of the connection should suffice. Very easy to setup & maintain as well.

Answer 2

There are some websites that will do it for a small fee or you can find programs to setup on each machine to do it such as hamachi (https://secure.logmein.com/products/hamachi2/) Hamachi can be unsecure since it is a free client. hamachi should meet your needs but you may want to setup a firewall on each of the computers in quesiton.

Answer 3

My partner and i highly recommend using VPNPower in order to unblock web-sites. I've been using them since 4 years. http://www.vpnpower.net