Hello Fred,
Strange indeed!
I can only assume the purpose is to offer some security from other users
using the same base station, forming in effect a wireless LAN.
Unfortunately I've used up my free trial time with all the gateway software
that seemed to have enough user config options to get what I need.
I was playing with something called WinRoute Lite and succeeded in making
the pptp connection (although not reliably). But I could not make YAM or
IBrowse work through it.
I guess I'll have to buy something and resume my research or learn to live
with using the PC as the gateway (the idea being if I could make the pptp
connect with Miami the Amiga would become the gateway, although the
physical gateway would still be the PC). Oh yeah, you already said it was
strange....
Thanks for the other comments too - more food for thought.
On 03-Feb-00, Fred Wright wrote:
> You have a very strange setup, since you apparently need to make a PPTP
> connection to a private address. Usually the whole point of using a VPN
> protocol is to use the normal Internet (and registered IP addresses) as
> the layer under the tunnel. If you already have a private link, the
> question is why you'd need to run a PPTP tunnel on top of that, unless
> it's being done purely for the encryption.
>
Regards
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