IPsec VPN set up from home to a friends house

[MarcusPage510]

Hello All,

I will try an make this short and precise. I have no experience setting up a vpn connection pointed outside of my house. Actually I have only set it up on packet tracer. I have a 1941 Cisco router and a 2690 cisco switch. The router does have the security license for vpn. How does one get started on the process? My ISP is X

[Rob Ingram]

Hi @MarcusPage510 

What device does your friend have?

The Cisco 1941 supports Policy Based and Route Based VPN, with Route Based VPN considered the preferred Cisco way of implementing VPNs.

A Route Based VPN on a Cisco router uses FlexVPN. For a VPN between 2 peers you'll setup a Static VTI.

Here are some guides:-

https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/support/security/flexvpn/products-configuration-examples-list.html

https://integratingit.wordpress.com/2016/07/07/configuring-cisco-flexvpn-svti/

Here are some FlexVPN videos:-

https://www.labminutes.com/video/sec/FlexVPN

[Aref Alsouqi]

I don't think the 1941 would allow you to set up any VPN if it doesn't have the security license.