RE: Attempting to map a drive from home to AS/400 IFS directory

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