VPN over airport hotspots?

Anyone had trouble trying to VPN to another system when online over an
airport wireless hotspot? Is it typical that VPN service would be blocked on
public hotspots like this? I am able to surf, check email OK, but can't get
VPN to work. Thanks. -- tom c

Tom C. wrote:
> Anyone had trouble trying to VPN to another system when online over an
> airport wireless hotspot? Is it typical that VPN service would be
> blocked on public hotspots like this? I am able to surf, check email
> OK, but can't get VPN to work. Thanks. -- tom c

I use VPN at the free hotspot at McCarren airport in Las Vegas with no
problem. Where are you trying it at? Come to think of it, many of the
generic ones (like t-mobile) are actually VPN's run on various free
hotspots.

Tom C. <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
> Anyone had trouble trying to VPN to another system when online over an
> airport wireless hotspot? Is it typical that VPN service would be blocked on
> public hotspots like this? I am able to surf, check email OK, but can't get
> VPN to work. Thanks. -- tom c

All but one of the hotspots that I have used allow VPN. In Airports, I see
the AT&T/Intle hotspot advertisements, and I have used Nortel Contivity VPN
client there.

One hotspot had a splash screen suggesting that there were two ways to
connect: behind their NAT router with a tight firewall that would not
allow VPN, or on the internet with a routable IP and absolutely no
firewall. I chose option #2, ran VPN successfully, and was entertained by
the number of attacks that my ZoneLab firewall was trapping.

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Clarence A Dold - Hidden Valley (Lake County) CA USA 38.8-122.5

Thanks for the input, folks. Appreciate it. "Tom C."