Hi,

I am planning to setup my home PC as a VPN to be able to access my data
while am away. Instead of buying an expensive server OS I have windows
vista business in mind to serve as VPN server.

I will be sharing purely data via VPN. Is vista business capable of this
role? Is there any limitations or incompatibility issues should other
windows OS access it via VPN?

I need your expert advice.

Thanks in advance,

Garry

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Garry
OA System Computer
Negara Brunei Darussalam
Tel: +673-2231697 / +673-2231698
Fax:+673-2231699
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"Garry" wrote in message
...
Hi,

I am planning to setup my home PC as a VPN to be able to access my data
while am away. Instead of buying an expensive server OS I have windows
vista business in mind to serve as VPN server.

I will be sharing purely data via VPN. Is vista business capable of this
role? Is there any limitations or incompatibility issues should other
windows OS access it via VPN?

I need your expert advice.

Thanks in advance,

Garry

--
Garry
OA System Computer
Negara Brunei Darussalam
Tel: +673-2231697 / +673-2231698
Fax:+673-2231699
Email:


Vista can act as a PPTP VPN server natively. The only downside is it will
only accept one incoming VPN connection at a time. For occasional access
that works well, but if you need more than one connection you should look at
either a server class OS, ie. W2K3 for example, or think about a dedicated
VPN appliance device. Linksys, Netgear, ZyXEL or Cisco all make them
depending on how much you want to spend and how many and what type of VPN
you use, ie. L2TP/IPSec or SSL.

http://theillustratednetwork.mvps.or...P/PPTPVPN.html

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Wow, that's kinda weird that only one person is allowed for Vista native
VPN server. I mean there could be something like 3 users limitation or
something. Well, what can you do.

I was thinking more about solution like Hamachi or similar software
solution and not a hardware VPN one. Has anyone found how how to
implement a secure connection to Vista 64 bit via software? For the
remote desktop something like TeamView would work but if I just want
file sharing and occasional gaming solution. Any ideas?


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tridy

Is this one a time access policy also present in WinXP Pro?

Regards,
Garry

"Sooner Al [MVP]" wrote in message
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"Garry" wrote in message
...
Hi,

I am planning to setup my home PC as a VPN to be able to access my data
while am away. Instead of buying an expensive server OS I have windows
vista business in mind to serve as VPN server.

I will be sharing purely data via VPN. Is vista business capable of this
role? Is there any limitations or incompatibility issues should other
windows OS access it via VPN?

I need your expert advice.

Thanks in advance,

Garry

--
Garry
OA System Computer
Negara Brunei Darussalam
Tel: +673-2231697 / +673-2231698
Fax:+673-2231699
Email:


Vista can act as a PPTP VPN server natively. The only downside is it will
only accept one incoming VPN connection at a time. For occasional access
that works well, but if you need more than one connection you should look
at either a server class OS, ie. W2K3 for example, or think about a
dedicated VPN appliance device. Linksys, Netgear, ZyXEL or Cisco all make
them depending on how much you want to spend and how many and what type of
VPN you use, ie. L2TP/IPSec or SSL.

http://theillustratednetwork.mvps.or...P/PPTPVPN.html

--

Al Jarvi (MS-MVP Windows Networking)

Please post *ALL* questions and replies to the news group for the
mutual benefit of all of us...
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rights...

Yep... for PPTP and L2TP/IPSEC VPN's...
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Jeffrey Randow

Windows Networking MVP 2001-2006
http://www.networkblog.net

On Wed, 14 Nov 2007 09:17:42 +0800, "Garry" wrote:

Is this one a time access policy also present in WinXP Pro?

Regards,
Garry

"Sooner Al [MVP]" wrote in message
...
"Garry" wrote in message
...
Hi,

I am planning to setup my home PC as a VPN to be able to access my data
while am away. Instead of buying an expensive server OS I have windows
vista business in mind to serve as VPN server.

I will be sharing purely data via VPN. Is vista business capable of this
role? Is there any limitations or incompatibility issues should other
windows OS access it via VPN?

I need your expert advice.

Thanks in advance,

Garry

--
Garry
OA System Computer
Negara Brunei Darussalam
Tel: +673-2231697 / +673-2231698
Fax:+673-2231699
Email:


Vista can act as a PPTP VPN server natively. The only downside is it will
only accept one incoming VPN connection at a time. For occasional access
that works well, but if you need more than one connection you should look
at either a server class OS, ie. W2K3 for example, or think about a
dedicated VPN appliance device. Linksys, Netgear, ZyXEL or Cisco all make
them depending on how much you want to spend and how many and what type of
VPN you use, ie. L2TP/IPSec or SSL.

http://theillustratednetwork.mvps.or...P/PPTPVPN.html

--

Al Jarvi (MS-MVP Windows Networking)

Please post *ALL* questions and replies to the news group for the
mutual benefit of all of us...
The MS-MVP Program - http://mvp.support.microsoft.com
This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
rights...

SSH tunnels... Al and I both use SSH tunnelling technologies for our
networks...

Still, a SOHO Linksys WRT54G can be converted to a VPN server very
easily with the dd-wrt firmware...

---
Jeffrey Randow

Windows Networking MVP 2001-2006
http://www.networkblog.net


On Tue, 13 Nov 2007 05:22:31 -0600, tridy
wrote:


Wow, that's kinda weird that only one person is allowed for Vista native
VPN server. I mean there could be something like 3 users limitation or
something. Well, what can you do.

I was thinking more about solution like Hamachi or similar software
solution and not a hardware VPN one. Has anyone found how how to
implement a secure connection to Vista 64 bit via software? For the
remote desktop something like TeamView would work but if I just want
file sharing and occasional gaming solution. Any ideas?

"Jeffrey Randow" wrote in message
...
SSH tunnels... Al and I both use SSH tunnelling technologies for our
networks...

Still, a SOHO Linksys WRT54G can be converted to a VPN server very
easily with the dd-wrt firmware...

---
Jeffrey Randow

Windows Networking MVP 2001-2006
http://www.networkblog.net



I now have a Windows Home Server (WHS) installed at home. I currently use
the built-in SSL remote access to my WHS. Of course that is always subject
to change...:-)

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Al Jarvi (MS-MVP Windows Networking)

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So do I, but my WHS is virtual (don't ask...).
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Jeffrey Randow

Windows Networking MVP 2001-2006
http://www.networkblog.net

On Wed, 14 Nov 2007 05:29:18 -0600, "Sooner Al [MVP]"
wrote:

"Jeffrey Randow" wrote in message
.. .
SSH tunnels... Al and I both use SSH tunnelling technologies for our
networks...

Still, a SOHO Linksys WRT54G can be converted to a VPN server very
easily with the dd-wrt firmware...

---
Jeffrey Randow

Windows Networking MVP 2001-2006
http://www.networkblog.net



I now have a Windows Home Server (WHS) installed at home. I currently use
the built-in SSL remote access to my WHS. Of course that is always subject
to change...:-)

Ok, I have been researching a bit on a possibility of connecting 2 or
more computers into one network (including my Vista Business x64). And
there are 2 solutions that will work on Vista x64. First is P2P
'Hamachi' (https://secure.logmein.com/products/hamachi/list.asp) and
second one is 'OpenVPN' (http://openvpn.net/download.html) (starting
OpenVPN 2.1_rc4 -- released on 2007.04.25). Hamachi is really easy to
setup. OpenVPN requires some setup but is open source and you get a
feeling of being a bit more secure. For the beginners or immediate
solution, Hamachi (actually an encrypted P2P and not really VPN) is the
best choice but I would recommend trying OpenVPN for everyone who is
looking for a good safe and reliable VPN, especially when you can make
it work on x64 platforms. The only disadvantage about the OpenVPN is
that the server/host computer needs to be on all the time for all the
people to be able to connect.


--
tridy

OpenVPN is what my DD-WRT router supports...
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Jeffrey Randow

Windows Networking MVP 2001-2006
http://www.networkblog.net

On Fri, 16 Nov 2007 10:13:44 -0600, tridy
wrote:


Ok, I have been researching a bit on a possibility of connecting 2 or
more computers into one network (including my Vista Business x64). And
there are 2 solutions that will work on Vista x64. First is P2P
'Hamachi' (https://secure.logmein.com/products/hamachi/list.asp) and
second one is 'OpenVPN' (http://openvpn.net/download.html) (starting
OpenVPN 2.1_rc4 -- released on 2007.04.25). Hamachi is really easy to
setup. OpenVPN requires some setup but is open source and you get a
feeling of being a bit more secure. For the beginners or immediate
solution, Hamachi (actually an encrypted P2P and not really VPN) is the
best choice but I would recommend trying OpenVPN for everyone who is
looking for a good safe and reliable VPN, especially when you can make
it work on x64 platforms. The only disadvantage about the OpenVPN is
that the server/host computer needs to be on all the time for all the
people to be able to connect.