Can you draw out a schematic of your logical network? it sounds like vpn is the way to go.....and you can just setup a server to handle the vpn traffic. this designated computer can be anywhere on the side of the lan that you want your users to connect to and it can run 2000 pro/server or xp pro....no need for a fancy server os.
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