Hi Lewis, What are the chances to connect to a large corporation's
server using the OS/2 VPN client? Even if the OS/2 version would work
with OpenVPN, would it work with other VPN "servers"?
On Sat, 22 Aug 2009 13:38:31 -0400, Lewis G Rosenthal wrote:
>Hi, Ed...
>
>On 08/22/09 12:03 am, Ed Durrant thus wrote :
>> Ed Durrant wrote:
>>> Lewis G Rosenthal wrote:
>>>> Hi, Jim...
>>>>
>>>> On Fri, 21 Aug 2009 17:51:40 -0700 "Jim Showalter"
>>>> <os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com> wrote:
>>>>
><snip>
>>>>> Is there a device which will simultaneously act as a wireless
>>>>> bridge (wired connection) and wireless extender/expander?
>>>>> Basically, a WAP with ethernet cable connections which connects
>>>>> wirelessly to the main WAP and accepts wireless connections to pass
>>>>> on as well?
>>>>>
><snip>
>>>> A LinkSys WRT54GL (or another supported wireless router) flashed
>>>> with DD-WRT firmware can do exactly what you want (wireless repeater
>>>> & 4-port wired switch).
>>>>
>>>> See http://www.dd-wrt.com for more details.
><snip>
>>> While on the point of the Linksys WRT54 - does it have VPN
>>> capabilities ?
>>>
>> Sorry I should have added, with an OS/2 compatible client.
>>
>The VPN implementation in the VPN-enabled builds of DD-WRT is based on
>OpenVPN. We have a port of OpenVPN available for OS/2 (see Hobbes),
>thanks to Pasha. Andy & I attempted to upgrade the OpenVPN build to a
>newer one, and while we did succeed, there were login issues encountered
>(Pasha's build works well for OS/2 <-> OS/2 connections, but not for
>client <-> server).
>
>Building yet a newer version led me into a brick wall, and Paul
>(Smedley) graciously assisted my efforts, guiding me along the way
>(thanks again, Paul!). Still, my building was unsuccessful. Finally,
>Paul built a new one, based on the 2.1 RC12 sources. The login issue
>persisted, but he managed to fix that for me. Unfortunately, we got
>stalled again with the TAP/TUN driver. Pasha's build of the driver
>currently only supports TAP, whereas client to site VPN implementations
>of OpenVPN require tunneling (TUN) functionality. Thus, which I was
>finally able to authenticate, I could not carry any traffic.
>
>Read more about where we left off:
>http://mantis.smedley.info/view.php?id=276 .
>
>So, to come back around to answer your question (and I suppose we are
>getting a bit far afield for this list!), we do not yet have a working
>SSL VPN client capable of connecting to a device running OpenVPN (such
>as the DD-WRT firmware or the Astaro Security Gateway).
>
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>Lewis
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