[VOIPSEC] softphones and VPNs

[Netfortius]

On Tuesday 04 April 2006 09:21, Craig wrote:
> All, I'm hoping someone can help out with some configuration and/or
> solution suggestions.  I am on the design team of a VoIP project.  The
> solution we are designing has two separate VLANs, one for voice and one
> for data.  The only traffic allowed to travel between VLANs is DNS,
> DHCP, SNMP and NTP.  The customer is interested in using softphones
> remotely (business trips, for example) on laptops only.  What we would
> like to do is make it as simple for the user as possible.  What we would
> like to do is set up a VPN solution where the customer establishes one
> VPN back to the corporate network to check email and make phone calls.
> The VPN server would be attached to both VLANs and distribute the
> traffic to the correct VLAN.
>
> Does anyone know of a VPN server that will do this?  Another solution?
>
> Thanks In Advance.

I am in the process of trying something similar (do not have the VoIP stuff in 
place, yet), but in a rather different mode: I am planning to do it via 
Citrix. I had great success with sound properly handled through ICA, and - 
even though my Cisco rep has never heard of this being done - I see no reason 
for why not trying it. I hate any client-VPN based solution, thus the attempt 
I just mentioned.

... so, also piggy-backing on your question: has anybody tried a softphone 
within Citrix sessions? I am planning to give it a shot, anyway (seeing - or, 
better said, hearing - is believing), but just out of curiosity ...

Stefan