FN-GM Posted January 20, 2011 Posted January 20, 2011 Hi, At home i have a machine running Server 2008 R2 and i use a Mac for my laptop. I was wondering if anyone knows of any good VPN software i can use. The idea is to remote into home when i am using my Laptop on public WIFI to help keep my browsing private. I would like it to run on Server 2008. Many Thanks PS: Something free would be nice.
mac_shinobi Posted January 20, 2011 Posted January 20, 2011 LogMeIn Hamachi system requirements here https://secure.logmein.com/US/support/hamachi2/ Main product page here ( free version available ) https://secure.logmein.com/products/hamachi2/ 1
RabbieBurns Posted January 20, 2011 Posted January 20, 2011 I use OpenVPN. OpenVPN - Open Source VPN Not only does it give me security, Its very useful to be able to have a UK IP at a click of a button 2
FN-GM Posted January 20, 2011 Author Posted January 20, 2011 I use OpenVPN. OpenVPN - Open Source VPN Not only does it give me security, Its very useful to be able to have a UK IP at a click of a button Oh i will look at that soon, i didnt know you could install it on Windows. I thought it was Linux Only. RRAS - it's part of windows server I have tried that in the past in server 2003 but i couldnt get it to send traffic down the VPN tunnel. It would send it down the local connection. Is it possible to do this please> LogMeIn Hamachi system requirements here https://secure.logmein.com/US/support/hamachi2/ Main product page here ( free version available ) https://secure.logmein.com/products/hamachi2/ I have to pay
edutech4schools Posted January 20, 2011 Posted January 20, 2011 I use openvpn active server( made by the same people as openvpn). Its much easier to setup that openvpn as it has a user interface and can be downloaded pre built as a virtual machine and is free for 2 concurrent users.
RabbieBurns Posted January 21, 2011 Posted January 21, 2011 I use openvpn active server( made by the same people as openvpn). Its much easier to setup that openvpn as it has a user interface and can be downloaded pre built as a virtual machine and is free for 2 concurrent users. I didnt find openvpn hard to configure.. the conf file has maybe 5 things to set and most are there already
RabbieBurns Posted January 21, 2011 Posted January 21, 2011 isnt logmein more of a remote desktop thing than a vpn?
markcuk Posted January 21, 2011 Posted January 21, 2011 Hotspot http://www.hotspotvpn.com/ there was a good program for mac but just cant remember the name had it installed on mine
edutech4schools Posted January 21, 2011 Posted January 21, 2011 I didnt find openvpn hard to configure.. the conf file has maybe 5 things to set and most are there already If you just go with the very very basic settings then yes its easy but if you want radius authentication, DNS forwarding, or App pass through, you cant beet ticking a box in a GUI which is why I like Active Server. 1
edutech4schools Posted January 21, 2011 Posted January 21, 2011 Another good point about active server is you can download a personalized pre built connection file for your users. Just send your users to the secure website and they login and download what's needed for the connection. None of this config file on users computer must be the same as on the server that you get in the basic openvpn as with AS it's created dynamically on the fly.
Arthur Posted January 21, 2011 Posted January 21, 2011 isnt logmein more of a remote desktop thing than a vpn? LogMeIn Inc. bought Applied Networking Inc. in 2006 (the company who originally created Hamachi) and renamed their VPN software to LogMeIn Hamachi.
Arthur Posted January 21, 2011 Posted January 21, 2011 there was a good program for Mac but just can't remember the name had it installed on mine Viscosity is a great OpenVPN client for the Mac. Was it this? There's also a Mac version of Hamachi too. I use Slink for accessing my home Mac remotely and as a proxy for Firefox. Unfortunately it's Mac only at the moment but it is incredibly easy to setup. Another similar app is ShareTool (also Mac only).
RabbieBurns Posted January 21, 2011 Posted January 21, 2011 If you just go with the very very basic settings then yes its easy but if you want radius authentication, DNS forwarding, or App pass through, you cant beet ticking a box in a GUI which is why I like Active Server. Very true. Now you mention it, I did spend hours messing with IP tables to be able to get passed through to the entire LAN at the other end. And also for the default gatway to be changed to force all traffic through the VPN.
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