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Date: Sun, 01 Jun 2008 19:08:43 -0700
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Subject: Re: [OS2Wireless] Faster internet for some, at a price.
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Leon D. Zetekoff wrote:
> 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?

Hello Leon:

It will be impractical to provide a hardwire
connection between the two notebook computers.
However, since this situation involves medical
information, given the current Federal privacy
laws, I need to ensure that any wireless link
isn't easily accessible to others.  In addition,
I am hoping to connect the same notebooks via
DSL when I am out of town (three days a week)
so that the two machines can synchronize their
data.  Hardware (router) VPN, something I wasn't
even aware of as an option, seemingly wouldn't
do the job.

Please correct any inaccuracies, especially b/c
I know little about VPN and nothing about VPN
built into routers.

Thank you for your suggestions.

- Mark

Mark Henigan
-- 

> Thanks leon
> 
> <quote who="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 carriers
>>>>- 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 for
>>>>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 screwed
>>>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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>>
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