Extending Network

[Scott]

http://openvpn.net

It's a really good VPN solution and, like Hamachi, is cross-platform, so 
you can use it in linux and windows.  On the flipside, while Hamachi is 
limited only to the UDP protocol, OpenVPN supports UDP and TCP, with UDP 
being the default transport layer.  Encryption is about on par, and it's 
possible to use OpenVPN to fully secure wireless connections as well.  
OpenVPN can be configured in the event of having a dynamic IP.  It has 
the ability to be used in one of two modes: tunneled or bridged.  The 
advantage there is that a tunnel isn't as easy to branch over to a full 
network as bridge mode is (for connecting 2 or more remote lans), but 
YMMV.  Good luck.

-Scott

chip33az at netscape.net wrote:
> situationalawareness at gmail.com wrote:
>> OpenVPN, perhaps?
>>
>> On 12/7/06, chip33az at netscape.net <chip33az at netscape.net> wrote:
>>   
>>> My girlfriend took a job in Tucson and I've been thinking of ways to
>>> extend my network to her apartment.  If there is a problem, there has to
>>> be a tech solution to it (not always the best though).  Besides the geek
>>> factor, I wanted to learn about several of these topics, so I thought it
>>> would be good to try.
>>>
>>> We both have high speed Internet (she:Qwest, me:Cox).  I was thinking of
>>> setting up a laptop for her to do:
>>>     
>>
>>   
> I'll have to look into OpenVPN.  I like the concept of hamachi since I 
> don't have a static IP with Cox, it will connect using its numbers 
> which don't change.
>
> Still, I'll take a look.
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