12.3 PacketiX VPN Bridge 2.0 Specs

Type	List of Supported Operating Systems	List of Supported Architectures
Windows 1 3	Windows 2000 Professional Windows 2000 Server Windows 2000 Advanced Server Windows XP Professional Windows XP Professional x64 Edition Windows XP Home Edition ※2 Windows XP Tablet PC Edition Windows XP Tablet PC Edition 2005 Windows XP Media Center Edition 2004 Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition Windows Server 2003 Standard x64 Edition Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition Windows Server 2003 Enterprise x64 Edition Windows Server 2003 R2 Standard Edition Windows Server 2003 R2 Standard x64 Edition Windows Server 2003 R2 Enterprise Edition Windows Server 2003 R2 Enterprise x64 Edition Windows Vista Home Basic Windows Vista Home Premium Windows Vista Business Windows Vista Enterprise Windows Vista Ultimate	x86 x64 (EM64T / AMD64)
Linux 4 5	Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS 4 6 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES 4 6 Turbolinux 10 Server 7 Fedora Core 4 8 Fedora Core 5 8 CentOS 4 8	x86 x64 (EM64T / AMD64)

*1	Requires the latest Service Pack and Internet Explorer.
*2	Windows XP HomEnterprise Edition is officially supported from Build 5280.
*3	Not supported if any third party firewall, anti-virus, or VPN software is being used.
*4	Not supported if any firewall, anti-virus, or VPN software, including that which is included with the OS, is being used. Also not supported if the system has been vastly modified from that of a clean install of the distribution.
*5	We recommended selecting all packages when installing the distribution. We only support systems with the development libraries zlib, OpenSSL, readline, and ncurses and development tools such as gcc and binutils installed.
*6	Only supported if the kernel has been updated to version 2.6.9-22 or higher from the Red Hat Network.
*7	Only supported if the kernel has been updated to version 2.6.8-5 or higher via the update service.
*8	If you have purchased a product license for PacketiX VPN Server we do not support its use on Fedora Core or CentOS. We will provide support as if it was being used on Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS/ES.

12.3.2 Supported Operating Systems (All)

In addition to the recommended operating systems above, PacketiX VPN Bridge 2.0 may also possibly be run on the operating systems and/or architectures listed below. Using PacketiX VPN Bridge 2.0 on operating systems and/or architectures not listed in the list of recommendations above requires expert knowledge of computer networking and VPNs. Furthermore, you may experience some limitations if you attempt to use PacketiX VPN Bridge 2.0 on these systems.

Type	List of Supported Operating Systems	List of Supported Architectures
Windows	Windows 98 Windows 98 Second Edition Windows Millennium Edition Windows NT 4.0 Workstation Windows NT 4.0 Server Windows NT 4.0 Server, Enterprise Edition Windows 2000 Professional Windows 2000 Server Windows 2000 Advanced Server Windows XP Professional Windows XP Professional x64 Edition Windows XP Home Edition Windows XP Tablet PC Edition Windows XP Tablet PC Edition 2005 Windows XP Media Center Edition 2004 Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition Windows Server 2003 Standard x64 Edition Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition Windows Server 2003 Enterprise x64 Edition Windows Server 2003 R2 Standard Edition Windows Server 2003 R2 Standard x64 Edition Windows Server 2003 R2 Enterprise Edition Windows Server 2003 R2 Enterprise x64 Edition Windows Vista Home Basic Windows Vista Home Premium Windows Vista Business Windows Vista Enterprise Windows Vista Ultimate	x86 x64 (EM64T / AMD64)
Linux	Systems containing version 2.4 or higher of the Linux kernel with the development libraries zlib, OpenSSL, readline, and ncurses and development tools such as gcc installed. The kernel must support Packet Socket in order to use local bridging. The universal TUN/TAP device driver must be installed on the system to use the tap functionality.	x86 x64 (EM64T / AMD64) PowerPC SH4 32 bit MIPS 32 bit
FreeBSD	FreeBSD 5.x or higher with the development libraries zlib, OpenSSL, readline, and ncurses and development tools such as gcc installed.	x86 x64 (EM64T / AMD64)
Solaris	Solaris 8 or higher with the development libraries zlib, OpenSSL, readline, and ncurses and development tools such as gcc installed.	x86 x64 (EM64T / AMD64) SPARC 32 bit SPARC 64 bit
Mac OS X	Darwin 7.9.0 or higher with the development libraries zlib, OpenSSL, readline, and ncurses and development tools such as gcc installed.	PowerPC

12.3.3 Hardware Requirements

The following hardware is required in order to install and run PacketiX VPN Bridge 2.0 properly. We have listed both the minimum and recommended hardware requirements. If you purchased a product license that includes technical support, only problems encountered when running PacketiX VPN Bridge 2.0 on a system that meets the recommended hardware requirements will be supported. Systems that fall below these recommended requirements are not supported.

Hardware	Details
Monitor	Monitors capable of displaying a window resolution of 800 x 600 with 16 bit color or higher (for Windows)
RAM (Minimum)	32 MB RAM or higher
RAM (Recommended)	128 MB RAM or higher
Hard Disk Space (Minimum)	At least 100 MB of available hard disk space is required.
Hard Disk Space (Recommended)	At least 20 GB of available hard disk space should be allocated for the software and log files.

12.3.4 Software Specs

PacketiX VPN Bridge 2.0 has all the features, and limitations, that are written in this manual. The following items are particularly important to look over.

The minimum and recommended system requirements shown here are merely an estimate, and no guarantee is made that the software will always operate under that environment.
Remember that there are certain logical and physical limitations in computing, and those limitations can not be broken even if your system meets the above requirements. For example, for most systems the user space for each process is 2 or 3 GB. If more than this amount is required, the software will not function properly. Furthermore, the system capacity required can change depending on how you use the software and the amount of traffic on your network.
The chart above does not list a recommended CPU speed. The amount of CPU speed required depends on the throughput you need and the environment you will actually perform VPN communication in. Of course, for the best performance we recommend using the fastest CPU possible.
Some limitations may be encountered with PacketiX VPN 2.0 due to the library/system calls it uses and/or other software/hardware on your system.
In some cases, you may encounter problems with special networking devices on the existing network between the VPN server and the VPN client (VPN Client or VPN Bridge) when using PacketiX VPN 2.0. If you are dealing with network devices that perform some special operation other than basic networking tasks such as IP routing or NAT, you may need to configure those devices or replace them entirely to get them to work with PacketiX VPN 2.0.

12.3.5 Program File Structure

File name	Details
vpnbridge.exe	PacketiX VPN Bridge 2.0's executable file. For the x64 version, the filename is vpnClient_x64.exe.
vpnsmgr.exe	PacketiX VPN Server Manager 2.0's executable file. For the x64 version, the filename is vpncmgr_x64.exe
vpncmd.exe	PacketiX VPN Command Line Management Utility 2.0's executable file. For the x64 version, the filename is vpncmd_x64.exe.
hamcore.se2	Shared data files used by all PacketiX VPN 2.0 programs.

File name	Details
vpnbridge	PacketiX VPN Bridge 2.0's executable file.
vpncmd	PacketiX VPN Command Line Management Utility 2.0's executable file.
hamcore.se2	Shared data files used by all PacketiX VPN 2.0 programs.

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