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I have a remote hardware ssl-vpn firewall....my LAN clients directly connect to that VPN but what i want is i setup a local VPN server which will connect to the main VPN server and my LAN clients connect to local VPN and do their work...is there any solution available on Linux...?
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Dear mejam,
Salam,
mejam wrote:I have a remote hardware ssl-vpn firewall....my LAN clients directly connect to that VPN but what i want is i setup a local VPN server which will connect to the main VPN server and my LAN clients connect to local VPN and do their work...is there any solution available on Linux...?
For this you need two VPN Servers.

VPN-A and VPN-B

VPN-A connects as client to VPN-B and your customers connects to VPN-B as client and they can share services.

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i did not get it farrukh bhai....why i need two servers...VPN server in USA is a hardware VPN solution Sonicwall SSL-VPN...i want to setup a local VPN server that directly connects to Primary VPN server in USA and my LAN clients just connect to local VPN to do their work....i dont want LAN clients to connect with VPN server in USA
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Dear mejam,
Salam,
mejam wrote:i did not get it farrukh bhai....why i need two servers...VPN server in USA is a hardware VPN solution Sonicwall SSL-VPN...i want to setup a local VPN server that directly connects to Primary VPN server in USA and my LAN clients just connect to local VPN to do their work....i dont want LAN clients to connect with VPN server in USA
Does not it include two VPN Server ?

1. Hardwaare VPN
2. Software VPN

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alrite....can you guide how can i setup this VPN...?i just need some hints...i have never done a VPN setup like this... :cry:
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Dear mejam,
Salam,
mejam wrote:alrite....can you guide how can i setup this VPN...?i just need some hints...i have never done a VPN setup like this... :cry:
You can use any OpenSource VPN Software.

FYI,

http://www.openvpn.org
http://www.freeswan.org
http://www.openswan.org

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Thanks alot farrukh bhai...these links are really helpful to understand the concepts of VPN
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mejam wrote: to understand the concepts of VPN
Do check out Zeroshell also, may help you.
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Thanks mahin
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thanks for your contribution OX but i asked about open-source based FREE solution which unfortunately Mikrotik is not...... :?
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