Configure Cisco 877 VPN *without* SDM

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I was wondering if anyone had any good links, or steps to follow for setting up a VPN server on a Cisco 877 without using SDM? I'm going away for Christmas and would like to be able to remote in so I can finish off some bits of work.

All the guides I've seen on google basically start with "Start up SDM, click on this...".

I'm not keen on using SDM for two reasons - 1) I like to use text configs because then I learn about what's actually going on, and 2) I can't seem to find a version of Java it actually works with :o

Any ideas?
 
This might be a good place to start

http://www.cisco.yar.ru/literature/cdccont_0900aecd80313bd0.pdf

I'd also recommend 'The Complete Cisco VPN Configuration Guide' by Richard Deal and 'The Cisco IOS Cookbook' OReilly Press

What i originally did was to do the config in SDM then dissect it's output until i understood what each line was trying to do.

Then i started from scratch putting in the commands by hand with the config i wanted.
 
Thanks - I've found an Java version that works (5 u21), but now it's complaining that "datafile.zip can't be found". I think that cisco's download bit is down at the moment. Grrrr.
 
Got SDM running, but it claims I've got a 2801 with IOS12.4. Which is strange, given that I've got an 877 running 15.0.

I'm trying to connect over 443 down an ssh tunnel - would that be causing me any issues?
 
Assume your using the latest version of SDM!? Ive got an 877, running 15.0, using Java v6update7 and it detects correctly...
 
Managed to get it working, configured with SDM. I'll plough through the config and figure out what it did and why it did it.
 
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