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Date: Sun, 1 Jun 2008 20:22:19 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: Re: [OS2Wireless] Faster internet for some, at a price.
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Mark...I'd personally use VPN built-in to hardware like a router instead
of using it on the operating system.

If you're hooking two machines together at the same place you don't need =
a
VPN or am I missing something?

Thanks leon

<quote who=3D"Mark Henigan">
>> On Sat, 31 May 2008 00:05:22 -0400, "Lewis G Rosenthal"
>> <os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>>>LinkSys makes a UMTS unit (works with Sprint and a couple other carrie=
rs
>>>- now, but was originally designed for Sprint). It takes the Sprint PC
>>>card in a slot, and then distributes that via Wi-Fi and via a 4-port
>>>router. Beware, however, as VPN connections and other
>>>"must-be-connected-full-time" services simply do not work well with
>>>these things, even when coupled with a "real" VPN router behind it, as
>>>the wireless broadband is subject to the same turbulence as cell phone
>>>transmissions (worse, in some cases). In the LinkSys situation, it was=
 a
>>>$300+ experiment which didn't work out; we ended up using Skycasters f=
or
>>>commercial grade 768Kbps/256Kbps satellite (which works quite well on
>>>this particular construction trailer).
>>
>>
>> Thanks, Lewis.
>>
>
> Neil Waldhauer replied:
>
>> I see the minimum plan from skycasters is $149/month plus $899 for
>> equipment
>> plus $400 for installation. Personally, I do use VPN, so I'd be screwe=
d
>> if I
>> used the cell phone data service.
> <snip>
>
> Hello Neil:
>
> Which VPN software do you use.  And, would it be
> practical for the mini-network via wireless access
> point that I'm considering to connect two notebooks
> at a work site?
>
> Thank you for any thoughts!
>
> - Mark
>
> Mark Henigan
> --
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