ipsecvpn
I'd like to do Site-to-Site bridging with an IPsec VPN. How do I do that?
On the local side, I have a DrayTec Vigor2910, it is supposed to be able to manage IPsec tunnels. I need to have several VPN tunnels to various sites, but how exactly do I do that if the only router I can configure is the local one? As I understand it I'd need some sort of VPN server or client on the other side but I'm not sure.
This is how I would set up a VPN in Windows 7. This will show you the variety of options available to you.
1. Choose set up a vpn in the start menu
2. Follow the wizard. Select "Don't Connect Now"
3. Browse to network connections in Control Panel and Right-click your new connection and choose properties
4. Go to the security tab and select IPSEC.
5. Click advanced settings and enter your PSK (Pre-Shared Key)
You may need to adjust your settings a bit from there, but that should get you most of the way.
This sounds like a good question for livebox support. Can't you get into the management console/webinterface?
Also, you should not put all your phone & email traffic in one basket (i.e. one internet connection): internet connections and routers are cheap these days.
There's another reason to seperate VOIP/SIP from VPN traffic: is your VPN tunnel going to be pumping many shared files or big attachments? When QOS (quality-of-service) is doing it's job, your computer users might find the going a bit slow when there's more than one VOIP/SIP conversation in progress.
Best Answer
Yes, indeed, in order to set up a VPN tunnel you need to some work on both ends of the tunnel. If you cannot configure the other end, or get somebody to configure it for you, then you are not going anywhere.
For situations where you provide the central VPN server for multiple clients, there are scenarios where, after configuration of the server, clients can be instructed to install a client, download some config files and they are ready to go. However, this requires a bit of testing, and it also requires users on the client side that can execute your download/install/configure instructions.