From: "Glenn Meadows" 

Oh, and I believe they now have other OS versions as well.

http://www.fx.dk/

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Glenn M.


"Glenn Meadows"  wrote in message
news:41dc2c00$1{at}w3.nls.net...
> 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 message
> news:41dc27fc{at}w3.nls.net...
> > 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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