Are there routers that make it possible to connect from a remote location
(e.g. open Wi-Fi somewhere) via VPN without my home PC being ON? TIA

"Victek" wrote in message
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Are there routers that make it possible to connect from a remote location
(e.g. open Wi-Fi somewhere) via VPN without my home PC being ON? TIA


Now why would you want to connect just to the router in your home from a
remote location WITHOUT your home PC being on? Surely the whole point is to
connect to and work on your home PC....

"Victek" wrote in message
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Are there routers that make it possible to connect from a remote
location (e.g. open Wi-Fi somewhere) via VPN without my home PC
being ON? TIA

Yes there are. I have used Cyberguard (formerly Snapgear) routers
that have this ability, I'm sure there are others. I know that 3rd
party firmware is available for some Linksys routers that gives them
this ability.

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"Victek" wrote in message
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Are there routers that make it possible to connect from a remote location
(e.g. open Wi-Fi somewhere) via VPN without my home PC being ON? TIA

Yes there are. I have used Cyberguard (formerly Snapgear) routers that
have this ability, I'm sure there are others. I know that 3rd party
firmware is available for some Linksys routers that gives them this
ability.


But why would anyone want to just connect to the ROUTER?

Hi
VPN connection is a secure connection between two point through the
Internet.
So you want to use your Laptop to connect over VPN to where/what?
In any case there are Routers that can process VPN in hardware. They usually
are called Routers with VPN End Point.
http://www.ezlan.net/vpn.html
Example,
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...inksys%20vp n
Jack (MS, MVP-Networking)

"Victek" wrote in message
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Are there routers that make it possible to connect from a remote location
(e.g. open Wi-Fi somewhere) via VPN without my home PC being ON? TIA

"Victek" wrote in message
...
Are there routers that make it possible to connect from a remote location
(e.g. open Wi-Fi somewhere) via VPN without my home PC being ON? TIA


Now why would you want to connect just to the router in your home from a
remote location WITHOUT your home PC being on? Surely the whole point is
to connect to and work on your home PC....
..
I'm not needing to connect to my home PC. When I use my laptop to connect
to the Internet at an Open Wi-Fi hotspot I'd like to be able to use a VPN.
If I can connect securely to my router/LAN then I would have access to the
NET via my home ISP. I guess the router would be acting as a server. Do
they make such a thing?

Victek wrote:

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I'm not needing to connect to my home PC. When I use my laptop to
connect to the Internet at an Open Wi-Fi hotspot I'd like to be able to
use a VPN. If I can connect securely to my router/LAN then I would have
access to the NET via my home ISP. I guess the router would be acting
as a server. Do they make such a thing?

Eh?
If you are ALREADY connected to the internet why on EARTH would you then
want to VPN to your Router to err connect to the Internet?
If it's because you can't send emails from outside your ISP just change
the smtp server settings....

I'm not needing to connect to my home PC. When I use my laptop to
connect to the Internet at an Open Wi-Fi hotspot I'd like to be able to
use a VPN. If I can connect securely to my router/LAN then I would have
access to the NET via my home ISP. I guess the router would be acting as
a server. Do they make such a thing?

Eh?
If you are ALREADY connected to the internet why on EARTH would you then
want to VPN to your Router to err connect to the Internet?
If it's because you can't send emails from outside your ISP just change
the smtp server settings....
..
Because connecting via Open Wi-Fi is insecure. Using a VPN over the
wireless link to a wired network is safer. I currently use Hotspot Shield
which is a free VPN service. It does exactly the same thing, however they
put ads in the browser plus there is the matter of trusting them. I would
prefer to go through my home router and use my own ISP (since I'm already
trusting them). I believe I could do this by using my home PC as a gateway,
but I don't want to leave my home PC running all the time.

Victek wrote:
I'm not needing to connect to my home PC. When I use my laptop to
connect to the Internet at an Open Wi-Fi hotspot I'd like to be able
to use a VPN. If I can connect securely to my router/LAN then I would
have access to the NET via my home ISP. I guess the router would be
acting as a server. Do they make such a thing?

Eh?
If you are ALREADY connected to the internet why on EARTH would you
then want to VPN to your Router to err connect to the Internet?
If it's because you can't send emails from outside your ISP just
change the smtp server settings....
.
Because connecting via Open Wi-Fi is insecure.

Insecure for what? If you have proper security on your laptop and don't
run as admin and have a good password and don't have any shared folders
I can't see a problem...

I'm not needing to connect to my home PC. When I use my laptop to
connect to the Internet at an Open Wi-Fi hotspot I'd like to be able to
use a VPN. If I can connect securely to my router/LAN then I would have
access to the NET via my home ISP. I guess the router would be acting
as a server. Do they make such a thing?

Eh?
If you are ALREADY connected to the internet why on EARTH would you then
want to VPN to your Router to err connect to the Internet?
If it's because you can't send emails from outside your ISP just change
the smtp server settings....
.
Because connecting via Open Wi-Fi is insecure.

Insecure for what? If you have proper security on your laptop and don't
run as admin and have a good password and don't have any shared folders I
can't see a problem...
..
What do you mean by proper security on a laptop? I understand the value of
strong passwords and Limited User Accounts, but what does that have to do
with transmitting data over open Wi-Fi?