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Re: cheap VPN solution...
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- Subject: Re: cheap VPN solution...
- From: "Darren Honeyball [ML]" <mlist@xxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 03 Feb 2004 12:51:40 +0000
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> I've been a bit worried recently at the widespread articles about
> people 'borrowing' bandwidth over wireless connections....
>
> Some of the articles sugested setting up a VPN tunnel between the
> wired and wireless LAN's. It would also be useful for connecting to
> home from work.
>
> So I thought i'd have a go. I wasnt prepared to pay lots of money
> for a hardware solution (im too poor!) so I want a software one.
> I've tried looking for a mini-linux distribution to no avail.
>
> I'd ideally like to use some old 486's that i have lying around (may
> help clear up some space!).
>
> Has anyone got something like this set-up or know of a good solution
> that won't take 6months of tinkering to get working!
>
> Hope you can help (as usual)!
A couple of suggestions...
Build a linux box with a minimal package set and install PoPToP
http://www.poptop.org/
or
(I use this at home) Astaro Linux Firewall - you can get the small
office / home licence for free http://www.astaro.de/
[I'm a Snr Unix Engineer by trade, if you need any help just give me a
shout]
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