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There is a new blog for the Catalyst ConfigTool. This blog is for pre-sales help with the Catalyst ConfigTool and manufacturing partners that are in the Catalyst ConfigTool. Going forward the ConfigTool blog will house documentation, tips, troubleshooting and other articles. You can also provide feedback and suggestions for the ConfigTool.

Visit the Catalyst ConfigTool blog at http://scscblogs.com/configtool

The Catalyst ConfigTool version 4.0.6 is now avaliable.  It can be downloaded from the CatalystTelecom web site.  See below for additions/changes/fixes.
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Picking the correct VPN solution can be a time consuming and frustrating task at times.   Below are the Firewall/VPN vendors that CatalystTelecom carries and what they have to offer.

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Both Extreme Networks and Juniper Networks now offer 10G products.  Just over a year ago 10G was a bleeding edge technology that was available but not typically implemented.  At Interop 2008 Extreme discussed it’s X650 series 10G-Base switch (product details).  Recently Juniper also announced line rate 10G interface modules on it’s IDP 8200 (product details).  This extends the offering of 10G into a more manageable solution.

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Route based simple VPNs are simple 4 step process in the Juniper Firewalls.

1. Make a new tunnel interface under Interfaces -> New and make it unnumbered.
2. Configure Phase 1 under AutoKey Advanced -> Gateway and set up the basics of the tunnel.
3. Configure Phase 2 under AutoKey IKE set up the phase 2 and associate it with the tunnel interface.
4. Configure IP Route the network should be the network on the far end of the tunnel, the gateway should be the IP Address of the far end trust interface, and the Interface should be the tunnel interface.