[olug] VPN Hardware

T. J. Brumfield enderandrew at gmail.com
Tue May 10 18:55:17 UTC 2011


You can mix the two. Grab a box and put pfSense/ipcop/Untangle on it, which
all support openVPN.

You have dedicated hardware for the VPN at the business location, and then
use openVPN client software at home.

On Tue, May 10, 2011 at 1:38 PM, Craig Wolf <CJWolf at mpsomaha.org> wrote:

> Hardware just seem quick and easy.  More expensive but if the sites are
> doing no business, then any money spent goes back into the bottom line.  I
> don't have any equipment in house or at the sites to do OpenVPN on so I
> would have to procure that also...I may see if I can find 3 WRT54GL routers
> and do DD-WRT.  Anyone see that as an issue?
>
> The remote sites have a rogue "tech" who is screwing with the main office.
>  Guy is a real piece of work, the more I learn about him.  He makes the IT
> guy from SNL look like a GOD!  ;)  I will lock up the remote closets with MY
> lock to keep him out.
>
> >>> Christopher Cashell <topher-olug at zyp.org> 5/10/2011 >>>
>  On Tue, May 10, 2011 at 12:53 PM, Craig Wolf <CJWolf at mpsomaha.org> wrote:
> > Got an emergency call for support today.  I have 3 sites.  1 is the home
> site, 2 remote sites.  I need to VPN all traffic from the remote sites into
> the home site.  What hardware can I purchase and put in place in the next 48
> hours to make this happen?  It needs to be local purchase though since this
> is time sensitive.
>
> Does it *have* to be hardware based?  If not, give OpenVPN a try.
> It's an awesome VPN solution.
>
> > Craig Wolf
>
> --
> Christopher
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