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="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.

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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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