[CentOS] regarding vpn server for 1500 clients

John R Pierce wrote:
> Robert Moskowitz wrote:
>   
>> The OP did not want security, only tunneling. 
>>     
>
> use simple PPPoE perhaps?
>   

PPPoE does not have good behaviour over the broader Internet. Works find 
for the last mile.

> I still think I'd recommend Juniper SSLVPN appliance hardware however.  
>   

The CTO over there is an old friend of mine....

> one of their midsized boxes can easily handle 1000s of sessions at wire 
> speeds up to 100baseT at the server side, and has really good 
> managability.  if these clients are in fact field offices, I'd instead 
> use one of their ipsec hardware appliances (such as whatever has 
> replaced the Netscreen 208) and put the baby version (netscreen 5xl) at 
> each site so its LAN to WAN connectivity, transparent to all clients..
>
> 1500 clients connected to this server, I do hope they are going to have 
> a high speed symmetric internet connection...   even 128kbps per user 
> and half the users active, thast still  10 megabit symmetric pretty much 
> saturated.