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 <
alandd@consultpros.com> wrote:
>
> > 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?
>
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