VPN Servers

The computer club I attend has a wired and wireless network set up on
club nights.

We have a dial up modem connection and share internet and files on our
local network.

Our server is a Linux machine which serves a variation of Operating
Systems including ME, XP, RiscOS and PocketPC.

We want to look in to a VPN for members unable to attend.

I assume the fact we use a Linux box for our server will present a
problem or can one of the machines within the network act as the VPN
server.

Geoff Lane

Geoff Lane <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
> The computer club I attend has a wired and wireless network set up on
> club nights.
>
> We have a dial up modem connection and share internet and files on our
> local network.
>
> Our server is a Linux machine which serves a variation of Operating
> Systems including ME, XP, RiscOS and PocketPC.
>
> We want to look in to a VPN for members unable to attend.
>
> I assume the fact we use a Linux box for our server will present a
> problem or can one of the machines within the network act as the VPN
> server.
>
http://www.linuxsecurity.com/docs/LD...ade-HOWTO.html

I just have to say this...VPN is slow on the client end..I can just imagine
having 5-6 people VPNing into my server over a single dialup.
sssssllllllooooowwwww


"Geoff Lane" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> The computer club I attend has a wired and wireless network set up on
> club nights.
>
> We have a dial up modem connection and share internet and files on our
> local network.
>
> Our server is a Linux machine which serves a variation of Operating
> Systems including ME, XP, RiscOS and PocketPC.
>
> We want to look in to a VPN for members unable to attend.
>
> I assume the fact we use a Linux box for our server will present a
> problem or can one of the machines within the network act as the VPN
> server.
>
> Geoff Lane
>

On Fri, 10 Oct 2003 16:41:06 GMT, "Chuck Lloyd"
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>> The computer club I attend has a wired and wireless network set up on
>> club nights.

>> Our server is a Linux machine which serves a variation of Operating
>> Systems including ME, XP, RiscOS and PocketPC.
>>
>> We want to look in to a VPN for members unable to attend.

>I just have to say this...VPN is slow on the client end..I can just imagine
>having 5-6 people VPNing into my server over a single dialup.
>sssssllllllooooowwwww

I doubt we would have more than one or two but I do appreciate it
would be slow.

It wouldn't affect our club based wired/wireless network to any great
extent though would it.

Geoff Lane

On Fri, 10 Oct 2003 14:10:57 +0100, Rob Morley <(E-Mail Removed)>
wrote:

>> The computer club I attend has a wired and wireless network set up on
>> club nights.
>>
>> We have a dial up modem connection and share internet and files on our
>> local network.
>>
>> Our server is a Linux machine which serves a variation of Operating
>> Systems including ME, XP, RiscOS and PocketPC.
>>
>> We want to look in to a VPN for members unable to attend.
>>
>> I assume the fact we use a Linux box for our server will present a
>> problem or can one of the machines within the network act as the VPN
>> server.
>>
>http://www.linuxsecurity.com/docs/LD...ade-HOWTO.html

Briefly viewed the link - I may be getting this back to front, what I
would like to do is allow persons at home to access our club network.

My brief understanding of the link you sent me is that it allows
persons on a network to log on to some remote VPN rather than need to
dial up.

Have I got it the wrong way round.

Geoff Lane

Geoff Lane <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
> On Fri, 10 Oct 2003 14:10:57 +0100, Rob Morley <(E-Mail Removed)>
> wrote:
>
> >> The computer club I attend has a wired and wireless network set up on
> >> club nights.
> >>
> >> We have a dial up modem connection and share internet and files on our
> >> local network.
> >>
> >> Our server is a Linux machine which serves a variation of Operating
> >> Systems including ME, XP, RiscOS and PocketPC.
> >>
> >> We want to look in to a VPN for members unable to attend.
> >>
> >> I assume the fact we use a Linux box for our server will present a
> >> problem or can one of the machines within the network act as the VPN
> >> server.
> >>
> >http://www.linuxsecurity.com/docs/LD...ade-HOWTO.html
>
> Briefly viewed the link - I may be getting this back to front, what I
> would like to do is allow persons at home to access our club network.
>
> My brief understanding of the link you sent me is that it allows
> persons on a network to log on to some remote VPN rather than need to
> dial up.
>
> Have I got it the wrong way round.
>
You didn't read as far as the bit that says "Masquerading allows you to
make a VPN server available to the internet even if you only have one
assigned IP address". Which means you can run a Windows VPN server on
your local network and make it available through the Linux
server/firewall, unless I'm mistaken :-)

On Fri, 10 Oct 2003 20:05:44 +0100, Rob Morley <(E-Mail Removed)>
wrote:

>> >> The computer club I attend has a wired and wireless network set up on
>> >> club nights.

>> >> Our server is a Linux machine which serves a variation of Operating
>> >> Systems including ME, XP, RiscOS and PocketPC.
>> >>
>> >> We want to look in to a VPN for members unable to attend.

>You didn't read as far as the bit that says "Masquerading allows you to
>make a VPN server available to the internet even if you only have one
>assigned IP address".

Right, I'll have another read.

Thanks,

Geoff Lane

In article <(E-Mail Removed)>, Geoff Lane
<(E-Mail Removed)> writes
>My brief understanding of the link you sent me is that it allows
>persons on a network to log on to some remote VPN rather than need to
>dial up.
>
>Have I got it the wrong way round.

In your situation, both the club network and the home user(s) would need
to be connected to the internet, then a VPN established over the top of
these links.

What is it that you want the home users to be able to do once connected?
Bear in mind that if you only have a dial-up link to the Internet from
the club, then VPNs may not be practical for what you want to achieve.
--
Toby

On Sun, 19 Oct 2003 20:49:52 GMT, "Toby Groves" <(E-Mail Removed)>
wrote:

>>My brief understanding of the link you sent me is that it allows
>>persons on a network to log on to some remote VPN rather than need to
>>dial up.
>>
>>Have I got it the wrong way round.
>
>In your situation, both the club network and the home user(s) would need
>to be connected to the internet, then a VPN established over the top of
>these links.
>
>What is it that you want the home users to be able to do once connected?
>Bear in mind that if you only have a dial-up link to the Internet from
>the club, then VPNs may not be practical for what you want to achieve.

To be able to log on and show up on the network, maybe exchange a
couple of files etc.

I do appreciate the slowness but it is more a case of letting members
who can't attend still be part of it.

I know they will not be able to play our network games.

Geoff Lane