Date: Mon, 13 Jan 2003 15:34:12 +0800 From: Shaun Dwyer <shaun@crystal.com.au> To: Bill Moran <wmoran@potentialtech.com> Cc: Sebastian Boldt <Sebastian.Boldt@arcor.de>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: vpn Message-ID: <3E226BF4.2070302@crystal.com.au> In-Reply-To: <3E21D635.9080704@potentialtech.com> References: <20030112232405.0996e12b.Sebastian.Boldt@arcor.de> <3E21D635.9080704@potentialtech.com>
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Easiest solution for this is probably to get a dyndns address, get the freebsd box to update this everytime its ip changes via one of the dyndns clients... run the vpn server on the freebsd box, and get the win XP box to connect to it. --Shaun Bill Moran wrote: > Sebastian Boldt wrote: > >> Hello ppl, >> >> I want to setup an encrypted vpn between a >> winxp and a freebsd5 box with both having >> dynamic ips. Does someone know a piece of >> software that is able to manage this? > > > Totally automatic? No, I don't know of any. > You could use mpd on FreeBSD to set up or connect to a PPTP > VPN from the WinXP box. I don't know of anything that will > figure out the IPs though. You'll have to see what IP each > machine has before you'll be able to connect. > > You could use IPsec, but last I checked, the Win version of > IPsec did things a little differently than the rest of the > world, and wasn't 100% compatable in all modes, but you still > might find it usefull ... depending on exactly what you are > trying to accomplish. > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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