Date: Thu, 16 Aug 2007 14:50:15 -0500 From: Eric Crist <mnslinky@gmail.com> To: Laszlo Nagy <gandalf@shopzeus.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, Derek Ragona <derek@computinginnovations.com> Subject: Re: Share folder over internet Message-ID: <BBDDED4F-3A17-4EE6-BC39-6A3451F11BE1@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <46C4A761.9090902@shopzeus.com> References: <46C4905A.1020202@shopzeus.com> <6.0.0.22.2.20070816134035.0262cff8@mail.computinginnovations.com> <46C4A761.9090902@shopzeus.com>
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On Aug 16, 2007, at 2:37 PMAug 16, 2007, Laszlo Nagy wrote: > >> You need to create a VPN connection between your two offices. You >> can do this in a variety of ways, but probably the best solution >> would be to have static IP's for both offices and a router that >> has hardware support for VPNs at each office. You can connect the >> two offices via a VPN connection from router to router. > Well, we do not have static IP addresses, and the routers does not > support VPN. Also I do not like the idea of VPN because I feel that > would forward more packets than needed. I may be wrong. :-) > > Although we do not have static IP, we have DDNS. Is it possible to > do VPN from one FreeBSD box to another and then.... what? Mount > nfs? Mount smb? I can mount a remote smb volume then share it with > another smb server, but it looks wreid to me and I'm also concerned > about speed. I believe smb is not optimized for speed. If I have to > use VPN then I would like to use the most traffic-efficient method > over VPN. Can you suggest something? > > Thanks, > > Laszlo > Properly set up, the two office could appear as if they were local, only hindered by the speed of your internet connections. IMHO, a VPN is really the only way to go. Across that, you can use any method you'd prefer, NFS, smb, etc. Take a look at OpenVPN for more information. It's in the ports, and relatively easy to set up. ----- Eric F Crist Secure Computing Networks
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