Hi Jon,
Thanks for the reply. Wherease I'm adept at some computer things, this isn't one of them so bear with me. If any of my answers are vague or don't make sense, let me know and I'll try to clarfiy.
How do you plan on setting up this VPN? Through a router, RRAS, or other software? What type of VPN? PPTP or L2TP? Gateway to Gateway?
I have a dedicated VPN server running Windows Server 2003. I ran the VPN setup wizard (RRAS, right?). I've contacted my ISP for a static IP but haven't yet received it. My first inclination was L2TP if I can pull it off. My primary concern at this point is just being able to access the Internet from the VPN server so I know that it can get out and that other (designated) machines can get in from the Net.
I have another machine acting as a Domain Controller and running AD, DHCP, and DNS.
Only you know your environment best and we can't be on your site so you need to bring your site and goals to us.
As soon as you mention Cisco components, that scares a lot of us away (ones that don't know cisco stuff) and we don't want to point you in the wrong direction.
At this point, I don't know which way to go. I'd rather have bad leads than no leads at all.
Give us some more information and help us help you.
Anything at all anyone needs to know, I'd be more than happy to provide. I'm not trying to be uniformative, I'm just not sure what info to provide.
I'm kind of new here, after watching my old "home" run downhill I've moved from security forums. Those guys are quite versed in this kind of stuff and as much as it kills me to do so, www.security-forums.com would be a good resource for this topic.
Thanks. If I this turns out to be a dead end, I'll head over there.