Ok, got a new challenge that I think I might be able to do but rather than spend hours learning that its not possible I thought I would ask

At present I connect to the main office using a XP Pro initiaited PPTP VPN connection. I setup a linux box that sits in the office (behind a netgear router) that hosts incoming VPN connections. The linux box does its job and even supports proxy/forwarding netBIOS traffic which is perfect.

Unfortunately the hardware of the Linux box is starting to fail and I was wondering whether I could replace the PC with a Cisco router that I have sitting around ?

I am using a 26xx to connect the internet and I have a spare 26xx that was going to the dump. Would it be possible to configure the spare to sit at the main site and service incoming VPN connections ?
Could I then configure my 26xx rather than my PC  to establish the tunnel ?
Would I be able to route netBios/broadcasts between the two network segements ?

My ideal solution is to use the two routers as end-points so that both my LAN and the office LAN are fully browsable from either side of the network.
Do you need more information ?



edit: Looks like I need a different IOS to do VPN (c2600-ik9o3s3-mz), so I might have to go begging again  :whoops:

Ive maxed out the RAM in the routers, it was cheap to do from eBay

I havent found any examples online of configuring and bringing up/handling VPN connections from an ethernet interface. All of the examples I have seen are built around DSL WICs; is there any problem with using eth ?

ok, next step in the evolution of the overly complicated home network

Ive finally got my ADSL line activated. The purpose this line is purely for backup/redundancy when my cable line is down.

Remembering that I got my hands on a PIX520 at some point I was wondering whether I can replace my router with the PIX and use 2 of the ethernet NICs on the PIX to provide the redundancy ?

If someone could just say yes/no itd save me spending hours just find out its not possible Im not expecting anyone to tell me how to do it (yet).

So basically I want to use a PIX to provide NAT routing. With the PIX determining which one of two connections to route over based on the state of 1 of the connections.
Id also, ideally, like to be able to provide QoS and VPN functions but these are secondary.