Rod Strumbel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Have been trying (in vane) for the last couple weeks to configure
> VNC to work as a VPN to my internal LAN.
>
> My LAN is behind an Instant Internet 400 box (NAT device).
>
> I can vnc all over INSIDE the LAN, but am unable to access the LAN
> devices from outside the II-box because of the NAT mappings.
>
> I have users on all sorts of OS (Win95/98/2k/ME, Linux-RH/Mdk/SuSE) and
> accessing
> the net through all sorts of methods (ISDN, Dialup 56k, DSL, Cable etc...)
> Primarily the users need to access their own onsite workstations (which in
> turn
> would access the servers).
>
> I need to implement a solution ASAP, as one of my users is about to
> head out on maternity leave and needs remote access now.
>
> I am also researching VPN hardware solutions from WatchGuard and Cisco,
> but they are pretty spendy.
>
> Anyone ever made this configuration work? And if so, how?
I am VNC-ing into systems on 3 different LANs that are behind NAT firewalls.
On two of the firewalls (1 is LRP and 1 is Netgear) I have set up
port-forwarding rules on the firewall. Very simple.
On the third LAN we have a commercial hardware VPN server. Altiga, which
has been aquired by Cisco. So we load the VPN client software on the client
(viewer) PCs, which makes them 'virtually' part of the LAN.
There are less expensive hardware VPN servers. You can also build one
yourself, using Linux and FreeSWan (IPSec) or just SSH.
I hope you understand you have a networking challenge here, not a VNC issue.
-Lee Allen
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