[cobalt-users] VPN setup & Multiple Network interfaces

["Menko P. Hoekenga" <menko@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi all,

I hope someone is able to help me with the following two questions.

I'm looking into configuring our intranet with a Cobalt Qube2 as gateway / 
mail / firewall server and a NasRaq as fileserver.

Question # 1
I'd also want people to connect to our corporate network (the NasRaq) from 
specified IP-addresses when working at home. Of course I want the security 
to be good, so I'm thinking of a VPN solution.

Does anyone have an idea if this is possible, and if so, what it would take 
(software etc) to implement it? The workstations that would connect to the 
VPN will be Windows clients that must also be authenticated on the Qube.


Below is a model of the possible network setup
			   _________
                	   |        |
==== ADSL line (fixed IP)=| QUBE 2 |
			   |________|
				 ||
			  _______||_____
			  |Intranet Hub |          _______________
			  |(192.168.x.x)|          |             |
			  |_____________|==========|Workstations |
			     ||		           |_____________|
		             ||
			  ___||____
			 |        |
			 | NASRaq |
			 |________|
			
Question #2
Internet connection is a vital issue in our business and we just can't do 
without. We have both an ADSL connection with a fixed IP-address and a 
Cable modem with a fixed IP-address. Both services tend to go down once in 
a while :-(, so I'm thinking of installing a third network card to connect 
to the cable modem. My idea is to use the ADSL line as default route and 
when the network goes down or becomes congested, the traffic will be routed 
via the cable modem so that all users will remain online.

Would there be any relatively easy way to configure the Qube2 to do this, 
and if so, how should I go about this?

Thanks a lot in advance for any tips!

Regards,

	Menko Hoekenga (menko@xxxxxxxxxxxx)