Re: VPN Remote Access

I forgot to mention another alternative and that is Secure Shell. Its easy
to setup and you can map a drive through the SSH tunnel if you use a program
like WebDrive...

http://www.itefix.no/phpws/index.php?module=pagemaster&PAGE_user_op=view_page&PAGE_id=12&MMN_position=22:22
http://www.itefix.no/phpws/index.php?module=faq&FAQ_op=view&FAQ_id=62

WinSCP a free SFTP client...

http://winscp.sourceforge.net/eng/index.php

WebDrive ($$$$)...

http://www.southrivertech.com/products/webdrive/index.html

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"Sooner Al [MVP]" <SoonerAl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:...
XP will only accept one incoming VPN connection at a time, so if your
going to have 2+ concurrent users you need to use a VPN end-point type
router or upgrade to Windows 2003 server or upgrade to Small Business
Server or going the OpenVPN route.

I just started using OpenVPN for secure remote access to my home LAN and
that works very well. I run the OpenVPN server on one XP Pro box and can
access any shared folder/files on other XP boxes on my home LAN or use XP
Pro Remote Desktop through the tunnel to access the desktops. There is
also a GUI OpenVPN client for XP...

http://openvpn.net/
http://openvpn.se/

Read the How-To and Ethernet Bridging Notes closely...

The OpenVPN forums...

http://openvpn.se/bb/index.php

As far as addressing is concerned you can either upgrade your DSL
connection so it includes a static IP, ie. more $$$$ probably, or you
could use a dynamic naming service like No-IP.com or dydns.com to map an
alias to your dynamic IP. See http://www.no-ip.com or http://DyDNS.com for
details, etc. You then use the fully qualified domain name (ie. alias) to
call your office server.

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"Ben" <Ben@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:26C1FD4D-E8A3-45C8-A5D8-72B6B3E8CB61@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
I am setting up a small network for 3 people that need to connect to
workstation or server over the internet to share files and a database
(MSDE).
My question is can XP pro be used as an end point for VPN tunnels or do I
have to get 2003 server? I would like them to be able to easily connect
to
the tunnel end point.

Is there a better way to do this other, Linksys has a VPN router that
looks
to be reasonably priced.

Also, they will be connecting over a DSL link, do they have to get a
static
IP or is there some service that can be used in it's place.

Thanks in advance.




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