From: "Glenn Meadows" 

Don't know if it's relevant, but back in my old studio ownership days, I
used OS/2 on the gateway machines between 4 locations (3 studios and home),
using F/X Firewall/VPN on cable modems.  It would auto log back in and
authenticate.  It acted as our internet gateway, and would auto send data
from the designated subnets down the VPN to the appropriate studio.  I
think the studios were 192.168.1.1-3, and the home was 192.168.1.5.  Once
configured in the VPN software, with the appropriate passphrase,
connections would establish as the other ends came on and off line (cable
was pretty unreliable a that time).  It had logging capabilities and such. 
Depending on the number of users, the price varied.  A 5 user version would
allow the first 5 local IP's to connect thru it (both internet and vpn),
and the user number was not dynamic.  Once 5 connected, that was it.

I'm sure there are similar solutions out there.  The OS/2 was nice, as it
was really not very hackable from the public side, and the OS/2 machines
just ran for months on end.

I'm sure you could also do a Linux style same thing, and even do it from a
floppy boot.

Maybe the solution is to put DSL into both locations, and setup your own
private VPN between the sites, while allowing the same DSL to be the
internet access as well.

I don't think that would be very expensive to put together these days.

--
Glenn M.


"Adam Flinton"  wrote in
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> Frank Haber wrote:
>
> > Sorry, I should have said - this is Manhattan, where you can sniff 10-20
> > wireless APs from any given location, and where they take a dim view of
lasers
> > shining in windows.  I don't think there are any facing windows, and
they're
> > both 10-15 floors up.
> >
> > For reference, Adam, have you used the Svea VPN?  A PPTP authent would
be more
> > than secure enough, but I'm concerned about transparent and automatic
> > reconnect.
> >
>
> I've not coz I use openVPN as it has a settable key length. It's on my
> todo list but below a number of other things as it would be personal as
> opposed to being asked.
>
> Adam

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