Vpn Passthrough

[Bill]

Hi! We currently have a rideway station router with 25 vpn pptp connections
available through the router. We have a problem with people on the outside
vpn in into the network. The problem is that if there are two people on the
same network from the outside trying to get access to the vpn then one of
them will either get disconnected or get connected and only one can access
the network. I have read that we need nat traversal detection on our router.
However I have also read that the user on the other side needs to allow
multiple vpn passthroughs in their router. Am I understanding this right?

Thanks!

 

[Shenan Stanley]

Hi! We currently have a rideway station router with 25 vpn pptp
connections available through the router. We have a problem with
people on the outside vpn in into the network. The problem is that
if there are two people on the same network from the outside trying
to get access to the vpn then one of them will either get
disconnected or get connected and only one can access the network.
I have read that we need nat traversal detection on our router.
However I have also read that the user on the other side needs to
allow multiple vpn passthroughs in their router. Am I understanding
this right?

If the person connecting to your VPN is behind a 'home' router (Linksys,
Buffalo Technology, Netgear, D-Link, etc...) then they usually are provided
with anywhere from a single to four VPN-Passthrough ports. For example -
the majority of newer Netgear routers allow for two.

This is a limitation of the routers themselves and how they work internally.
In order to allow any, some special considerations/programming had to be
done on the routers. If you look carefully at some of their boxes and
manuals online - etc - you will usually be able to find just how many
pass-throughs they allow for.