I am working on a lab design to add some flexibility and test other connection methods to the 44.0.0.0/8 network. I currently have a Linux gateway running rip44d for my main connectivity to the other 44/8 subnets. I have setup a Cisco based DMVPN where I can route other subnets to and route back to the Linux gateway for access to other subnets. This configuration also allows access from the public Internet to the allocated subnets via a Linux gateway.
I have a diagram with a working layout and is in testing now. I am looking to see if anyone might be interested in connecting up to my cloud and see what and if any problems we may encounter. I use a very similar setup with my customers and there are some distinct advantages:
- The end user would only need an internet connection and a Cisco DMVPN capable router. I have used 800, 1800, 2800, 3700 series Cisco routers.
- The DMVPN works when you plug the Cisco router into a direct Internet or NAT connection. You can plug it in at home behind your Netgear home router, use DHCP and a private address on the router "public" interface.
- Many subnets can be routed through a single Linux gateway and distributed easily.
- No issues with dynamic IP address from your provider.
If you are interested or have any comments or suggestions, take a look at the network diagram I made at http://www.hindmarsh.cc/images/wc3xs-ampr44.png
73 de WC3XS - Jesse
Great idea - wrong platform. Cisco specific solutions aren't reachable for many.
Look at Linux (Raspberry Pi) solutions or powerful, affordable routers like MIkroTik and common tunneling protocols like OpenVPN, L2TP, GRE, etc.
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On Wed, Jun 26, 2013 at 8:48 PM, jesse@hindmarsh.cc wrote:
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I am working on a lab design to add some flexibility and test other connection methods to the 44.0.0.0/8 network. I currently have a Linux gateway running rip44d for my main connectivity to the other 44/8 subnets. I have setup a Cisco based DMVPN where I can route other subnets to and route back to the Linux gateway for access to other subnets. This configuration also allows access from the public Internet to the allocated subnets via a Linux gateway.****
I have a diagram with a working layout and is in testing now. I am looking to see if anyone might be interested in connecting up to my cloud and see what and if any problems we may encounter. I use a very similar setup with my customers and there are some distinct advantages:****
**- **The end user would only need an internet connection and a Cisco DMVPN capable router. I have used 800, 1800, 2800, 3700 series Cisco routers.****
**- **The DMVPN works when you plug the Cisco router into a direct Internet or NAT connection. You can plug it in at home behind your Netgear home router, use DHCP and a private address on the router “public” interface.****
**- **Many subnets can be routed through a single Linux gateway and distributed easily.****
**- **No issues with dynamic IP address from your provider.****
If you are interested or have any comments or suggestions, take a look at the network diagram I made at http://www.hindmarsh.cc/images/wc3xs-ampr44.png****
73 de WC3XS - Jesse****
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Ok. I see what you mean. I do drink a bit of the Cisco Kool Aid from time to time.
I added PPTP as a connection option to my DMVPN gateway. PPTP is available on every windows install for the last 10+ years.
It is quick and easy and works. It is good for getting on the 44net quick or just testing your own setups from another network perspective.
If anyone wants to have a go, let me know and I can get you a login.
Thanks Jesse
I'll test with you -- email me directly.
------------------------------ John D. Hays K7VE PO Box 1223, Edmonds, WA 98020-1223 http://k7ve.org/blog http://twitter.com/#!/john_hays http://www.facebook.com/john.d.hays
On Thu, Jun 27, 2013 at 1:15 PM, Jesse Hindmarsh jesse@hindmarsh.cc wrote:
(Please trim inclusions from previous messages) _______________________________________________ Ok. I see what you mean. I do drink a bit of the Cisco Kool Aid from time to time.
I added PPTP as a connection option to my DMVPN gateway. PPTP is available on every windows install for the last 10+ years.
It is quick and easy and works. It is good for getting on the 44net quick or just testing your own setups from another network perspective.
If anyone wants to have a go, let me know and I can get you a login.
Thanks Jesse
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I have added PPTP and successfully tested with windows PPTP and an iPhone PPTP VPN connection. The iPhone works "most" of the time while the windows PPTP is very stable.
I have a few people testing now and results are positive. More to come.
73 de WC3XS
There is a piece of software out there called OpenNHRP for Linux and is Cisco DMVPN compatible. If anyone has the time to play with that it would be interesting. I won't have any time next week to start up a new project. It should mesh up nicely with my setup.
Thanks to all who have helped me out so far.
Jesse
Jesse et al;
On Fri, 2013-06-28 at 00:44 -0400, jesse@hindmarsh.cc wrote:
I have a few people testing now and results are positive. More to come.
I can testify to the above... his pptp for windows is working quite slick. --
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I'd be interested in helping to test this. I've always figured that GRE ought to be the basis of our tunnels anyway. open nhrp apears to have packages for most major distros.
Eric AF6EP
On Fri, Jun 28, 2013 at 1:25 PM, Jesse Hindmarsh jesse@hindmarsh.cc wrote:
(Please trim inclusions from previous messages) _______________________________________________ There is a piece of software out there called OpenNHRP for Linux and is Cisco DMVPN compatible. If anyone has the time to play with that it would be interesting. I won't have any time next week to start up a new project. It should mesh up nicely with my setup.
Thanks to all who have helped me out so far.
Jesse
Jesse et al;
On Fri, 2013-06-28 at 00:44 -0400, jesse@hindmarsh.cc wrote:
I have a few people testing now and results are positive. More to come.
I can testify to the above... his pptp for windows is working quite slick. --
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