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kewlkeed
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join:2005-02-05
Knowlton, QC

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Re: [Tech Ops] VPN Options for Secure Access to Network Componen

What happens if the box goes down???

What happens if the radios go down, or the servers? Same result... Life sucks... Truck roll.

For me it depends. If it's for a simple access to something, I use PPTP only because it has a native windows client. For the real tunnels I use L2TP with IPSec (Which yes can be a royal bitch to get the hang of, but not bad once you do). I've avoided OpenVPN only because it seems to be even MORE of a bitch to set up than IPSec.

MT is great for setting up tunnels, for business clients that want a transparent L2 tunnel between two locations on our grid, that's where two RB-450G boards, and EoIP/L2TP/IPSec comes into play. By the end of it it's nothing more than a glorified Ethernet cable.


GNca George
GorillaNET Wireless Broadband
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join:2008-07-12
Minden, ON

GNca George

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We use PPtP for most stuff between MikroTiks.

If you want a really slick, totally no brain required OpenVPN implementation try Zeroshell on an Alix. Works great for remote client and site to site.

Only costs a couple of hundred bucks at each end, dead easy to set up, uses compression and it smokes. Very high capacity solution.

George