how do I monitor VPN connectivities?

[CCCC_12345]

our company is using Cisco VPN client, can anyone please tell me which program I should use to do the real time monitoring?

is Cisco VPN client compatible with Microsoft RRAS?

thanks.                  

[Collin Clark]

What are you looking to monitor?

[LAAsm2012b]

very basic info, such as how many users are connecting to our domain through VPN, who are they, basically any info that RRAS can provide.

[Collin Clark]

Windows Network Policy Server (running RADIUS) can provide accounting for those types of monitors. NPS has replaced RRAS.

[LAAsm2012b]

can u pls provide me a little bit more info in regard to NPS? we do have RADIUS server setup, r u saying we need to use NPS to achieve the monitoring goal? do u have a link or something like that?

thx.

[Collin Clark]

NPS is a security server developed by MS. One of the features is that it is a RADIUS server. NPS has the ability to account transactions on the authentication it just provided.

Check these-

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd759205.aspx

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd197475(WS.10).aspx

[LAAsm2012b]

have been to those sites, not looking for generic information, and not sure about the compatibility between Microsoft & Cisco products either.

thanks for response anyway.