Thank you for the explanation. I would have to skip learning from the rest of the thread without that explanation. We noobs appreciate when you guys bring it down to our level. :) On 1/25/07, Alan Dayley wrote: > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > You are correct. The VPN does not traverse the Internet. The goal is > to allow secure communication and controlled access in a wireless > connection to the internal network. The VPN prevents sniffing of > packets to capture data and connection to the access point by > unauthorized people, like the guy in his car parked outside. > > Alan > > Dazed_75 wrote: > > I am no expert Alan, but it seems to me nothing in the VPN sections of > > your diagram traverses the internet or is outside the firewall between > > your LAN and the internet. IOW, it seems to me that it is all within > > your local network(s). What am I missing? Or are you simply wanting to > > secure the wireless communications within your LAn(s)? > > > > Or are you trying to VPn from a wireless client within your LAN to some > > box out on the internet? In that case, isn't the VPN service out on the > > network that hosts that remote box? My understanding of the VPN support > > in the router (Linksys or openWRT) is to permit a VPN connection from > > out on the internet to reach on of the machines on your LAN and behind > > the router. Or am I completely missing this? > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (GNU/Linux) > Comment: Using GnuPG with SUSE - http://enigmail.mozdev.org > > iD8DBQFFuX/nDQw/VSQuFZYRApeiAJ0YYWL6yALhxjQGoiiob6rAJbikcACfSyJw > wO9wedQ0x6MJ45hOrGuSKS8= > =sLKF > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > -- Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind. - Dr. Seuss