XPost: comp.os.ms-windows.networking.misc   
   From: day_trippr@REMOVEyahoo.com   
      
   On Sun, 04 Jan 2004 16:38:59 GMT, Gerald Meazell  wrote:   
      
   >daytripper wrote:   
   >>You're right. And if you're running Win2K or XP Pro there is support for VPN   
   >>client and server built in...   
   >>   
   >Thank you for the simple, direct response.  Now, back to my original   
   >questions:   
   >   
   >- Is VPN the only way to accomplish what I want to do?   
      
   It's the way I'd do it.   
      
   >- If not, is it the best/cheapest/fastest/etc.?   
      
   It works well, and it's hard to beat "free".   
      
   >- Static IP or dynamic DNS service?   
      
   Static IP is always easiest, but most of us don't have that option, so either   
   "boutique" domain addressing or dynamic DNS is likely the way to go.   
      
   >- XP Pro is apparently necessary for VPN Server.  True?   
      
   Don't know for sure - I'll never use XP Home.   
      
   >- Can I configure the port the VPN Server and Clients use?   
      
   I don't think so. I also don't see why you'd need to do that.   
      
   >-  VPN Security.  How good?   
      
   Acceptable. And a lot better than WiFi ;-)   
      
   >- VPN Server gets to the Internet via Linksys router (hence the need to   
   >know the port number).  Works?   
      
   I don't use my router as a VPN endpoint, so it's a simple matter of   
   configuring the necessary port-forwards to convey inbound VPN traffic to the   
   desired VPN server.   
      
   >- Does VPN interfere with other Internet connections at either the   
   >client or the server?   
      
   After almost two years of use, not that I'm aware of...   
      
   /daytripper   
      
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