[ILUG] VPN

[Michael Watterson]

keith wrote:
> A need has arisen to deploy a VPN solution for a *small* company that is 
> re-locating to a static and mobile office model and as this falls outside my 
> level of competence I am looking for a specialist to carry out the work.
>
> What I'm looking for is someone to come in, talk it through, set it up, show 
> me what they have done, test it, and perhaps do some small tweaks as they 
> arise.
>
> Typically its a 3 user MS Windows environment, linux server serving samba 
> fileshares and a printer, now also a linux firewall, eircom "home starter" 
> aDSL broadband, which is AFAIR dynamic IP.
>
> the data files be made available are small, typically not more than 40k: no 
> megabyte media files!
>
> I would welcome people's thoughts and suggestions for this, off list i think 
> would be apropiate.
>
> keith
>   
yes dynamic IP
I use http://www.dyndns.com/ even though my IP is actually static 
(Digiweb Metro 3Mbps package)

With port forwarding and VPN support on most ADSL routers it should be 
straight forward.

If the supplied eircom router/ADSL modem is stupid even Argos has decent 
ones these days.

you can get VPN server for Linux box that work with built in SW on XP 
for VPN

-- 
Mike