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Currently our ISP is Bellsouth (DSL Business Account) In the past we have not really done anything remotely so we have just been using the Standard Netopia router with a Dell Switch for accessing the internet and sending emails. In the past we have not had any need to access our servers or our iSeries or AS/400's. But starting this year we would like have remote access but at the same time we do not want to open our network up being hacked. If we need to purchase some equipment such as firewall/vpn appliance or Router etc. then that is possible. John -----Original Message----- From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Wayne McAlpine Sent: Thursday, March 15, 2007 3:14 PM To: midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: Attempting to map a drive from home to AS/400 IFS directory Allen, tell us a little more about your hardware and your ISP. Do you have a Cisco router/firewall? If so, I believe the VPN software is included with the hardware. Allen wrote:
Sounds like I may need to contract this out. Anyone on this list have the experience and desire to set this up for us (remotely) please email me offline jallen@xxxxxxxxxxx John -----Original Message----- From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Tom Liotta Sent: Thursday, March 15, 2007 3:24 PM To: midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: Attempting to map a drive from home to AS/400 IFS directory Allen wrote:I have never setup a VPN Is this difficult? Is there an easy to follow document explaining the setup process?John: The _first_ thing you need to do is verify with your ISP
if
VPN is allowed for your account. Some ISPs don't enable VPN for personal accounts, but instead want to charge for a 'business' account or at least charge for enabling it. Setting up VPN will be _far_ more difficult if the ISP blocks it and you don't realize it. (I'd add a "<g>" but it really can
be
something that doesn't bring a smile.) Tom Liotta
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