Re: VPN, FTP, or remote desktop

Note the WBR-G54 (which I have) and the WBR2-G54 do not natively support
multiple VPN tunnels through the router. In fact my WBR-G54 is problematic
getting a PPTP VPN tunnel through the router even though Buffalo claims it
works. It comes down to a firmware issue, at least for the WBR-G54, and not
passing GRE Protocol 47 traffic. No WBR-G54 firmware version I have tried
works as far as letting me get in to my home LAN with a PPTP VPN.

That is why I went to a Secure Shell (SSH) solution to for remote access of
my home LAN. With SSH I can access any of my desktop PCs with Remote Desktop
(RDP) through the SSH tunnel. The advantage is I only need to open one port
on my router, ie. TCP Port 22, to do this...

http://theillustratednetwork.mvps.org/Ssh/RemoteDesktopSSH.html
http://theillustratednetwork.mvps.org/Ssh/Private-publicKey.html

Another very nice SSH client that supports RDP natively and SSH File
Transfer Protocol...

http://www.bitvise.com/tunnelier.html

You can also access multiple desktops through a router by opening multiple
ports on the router...Of course you expose more of your private LAN this
way...

http://theillustratednetwork.mvps.org/RemoteDesktop/Multiple_PC_RD.html

There are third-party firmware versions that may provide a VPN end-point
function for those two routers. I have never used them so I can't say if
they work or not.

As far as setting up a Windows 2003/XP Pro box as a VPN server you would
still run into the issues with the routers. Beyond that see these links for
help...

http://www.onecomputerguy.com/networking/xp_vpn_server.htm
http://www.onecomputerguy.com/networking/xp_vpn.htm

http://www.broadbandreports.com/forum/remark,15190829
http://www.broadbandreports.com/forum/remark,15144756
http://www.broadbandreports.com/forum/remark,14418801

Also check the...

microsoft.public.windows.server.general
microsoft.public.windows.server.networking

....news groups...

Testing PPTP VPN links using "PPTP Ping". See the "PPTP Ping" and "VPN
Traffic" sections in this Cable Guy article...

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/community/columns/cableguy/cg0105.mspx

Lastly some SSL VPN solutions...

http://openvpn.net/
http://3sp.com/showSslExplorer.do

SSL-Explorer was quite easy to setup and it natively supports RDP through
the tunnel. I have never use OpenVPN...

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Al Jarvi (MS-MVP Windows Networking)

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"xfile" <cou-cou@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:ujg2ndGFGHA.3056@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Hi,
>
> Many thanks for your kind reply.
>
> I guess our immediate choice will be testing on the possibility of remote
> desktop for accessing individual systems, using your suggestions on the
> other post.
>
> I was told the WBR and WBR2 provide some VPN functions but could not find
> any appropriate configurations assistance from their technical support.
>
> If the cost of recommended router is not too expensive, we might be able
> to get one but we already have more than needed routers.
>
> Would appreciate if you or someone could also point us to where could we
> find some tutorial materials for putting everything together including
> router, Windows 2003 server and XP Pro.
>
> It seems to be easy for experts but we know that as long as one part is
> being configured incorrectly, there will be no connections and it's so
> difficult to know which part is wrong.
>
> Many thanks.
>


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