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Date: Sun, 1 Jun 2008 22:20:18 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: Re: [OS2Wireless] Faster internet for some, at a price.
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Hi Mark!

i GUESS (oops) what I need is a picture as it's always easier to work fro=
m
something visual (for me at least).

Regarding HIPAA, if the data is transferred over a secure link like SSL
then you should be all set. Are these two machines with you or is one at
home and the other on the road?

Thanks leon

<quote who=3D"Mark Henigan">
> Leon D. Zetekoff wrote:
>> Mark...I'd personally use VPN built-in to hardware like a router inste=
ad
>> of using it on the operating system.
>>
>> If you're hooking two machines together at the same place you don't ne=
ed
>> 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=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
>>>>> 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 pho=
ne
>>>>>transmissions (worse, in some cases). In the LinkSys situation, it w=
as
>>>>> a
>>>>>$300+ experiment which did