[pptp-server] Help VPN, w/PopTop

[James Moore]

I am trying to determine if PopTop will meet my needs.  We have two 
offices that need to connected together.  We are currently using vpnd 
with is constantly dieing (3 times a day on average).  I have vpnd on 
a firewall at each location.  I have 100 users at each location.  Only 
about 30 users at each location use the VPN for a mission critical 
application.  Most of the applications the users are using are Windows 
NT.  We have a Windows NT trust setup between the locations using the 
vpn connection.  My question is, will PopTop handle this type of 
traffic!  If not should I consider a hardware based solution.  (Any 
recommendations!)  Also do I need the PopTop server just on one side 
and a client on the other side.  How reliable is PopTop!!!!????  Will 
it install on our Linux Firewall (ipchains) box easily?  Do I need to 
use the chap secrets file for every user, or just for one user that 
establish the connection, then let Windows NT do the authentication 
after that?  Any suggestions would be highly appreciated.

Thanx,
Jay Moore
www.sailnet.com