From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Sun Jul 17 17:41:44 2016 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 57FD9B9C0C5 for ; Sun, 17 Jul 2016 17:41:44 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from odhiambo@gmail.com) Received: from mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (mailman.ysv.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::50:5]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 341241831 for ; Sun, 17 Jul 2016 17:41:44 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from odhiambo@gmail.com) Received: by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) id 335F9B9C0C4; Sun, 17 Jul 2016 17:41:44 +0000 (UTC) Delivered-To: questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3300FB9C0C3 for ; Sun, 17 Jul 2016 17:41:44 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from odhiambo@gmail.com) Received: from mail-wm0-x22d.google.com (mail-wm0-x22d.google.com [IPv6:2a00:1450:400c:c09::22d]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id C4535182F for ; Sun, 17 Jul 2016 17:41:43 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from odhiambo@gmail.com) Received: by mail-wm0-x22d.google.com with SMTP id f126so79080785wma.1 for ; Sun, 17 Jul 2016 10:41:43 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc; bh=wAcatERU6mEKRZz+aGK+/7dfaX7YU6PzjUulnioJklA=; b=mUf4k4f6A2tAob+1CGLM889f6PQeA0zjNAjqfGHcotM4S/FCHoeajjtXUM2lVDh6hW /vdoVJuhuCQzRmCaZCbuhCrohZPyQz9LFOcwUSGNr1Fhe+6rzG9EDRoJL4tJb0pppzgW gRpxlmSBm/GejT5dXmjC0U+HH7G6UpK+iSIkOPdsN4xq01LloAyA71B1T7cEAdtBrDYh bBNqFfGG7FnDKlCklLTkbQ9jg+1vj5pnMKcCYoTcP3x2sNeFEtxBlvSlwQXFcrAQP4ff ARN+YRoiUaRqO5wPMyQ9heZg4YyB6D14ltzLIfd4hMXqX2qKTAyXj+/eaaD2/W2wyDWK ixqQ== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=wAcatERU6mEKRZz+aGK+/7dfaX7YU6PzjUulnioJklA=; b=I95tsRzHfUWaOeeJYiq72pDTdFxeEhkTqYOkTZDNMN0OLed98nLYmK7HHoanpg6TGU QQpalXgu6fvk/dptEOjurFWCY/J8h7ndbZICfVSSL3cMEjjnk3uwFw6vhAH4W0Kdcc+G UeBH/GXhFIwV0Xd0B9Z9U4dhaoVA2YBt/bKNYy2AUA+zRl3Dqr+p4dKc9PhbtKwb/UVb 0xED3IiL7rpX1pYYKIQ+RzpQriacuoRq/D0JXuNzXXTyU1NYDTfsG7F3og1i6oepTGRB ChMftb3VpU1obJK91VP4kO8qIV+3Gooa0D9LNrrs+eCuDlQfmgGO59F7vfOkGlBd/ZWe Hy/A== X-Gm-Message-State: ALyK8tJFuKPX4gJc41FjPly9nZDGaQwvcbF4bpJInVBQX8KM+GbIVZ7Isgz9gl+ukzy1ix1Io0QUW88jG2R/0A== X-Received: by 10.28.30.83 with SMTP id e80mr30867068wme.97.1468777301844; Sun, 17 Jul 2016 10:41:41 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.194.162.137 with HTTP; Sun, 17 Jul 2016 10:41:02 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <578BAB1A.2010109@gmail.com> References: <578BAB1A.2010109@gmail.com> From: Odhiambo Washington Date: Sun, 17 Jul 2016 20:41:02 +0300 Message-ID: Subject: Re: OpenVPN with xp & win7 clients To: Ernie Luzar Cc: questions Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.22 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.22 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 17 Jul 2016 17:41:44 -0000 On 17 July 2016 at 18:58, Ernie Luzar wrote: > Hello List; > > I travel outside of my home country a lot and can not access some web site > content because internet connection is from foreign ip address range. > > I see many how-tos for installing and configuration VPN on a FreeBSD host. > But all most all of these how-tos assume the client will be a FreeBSD box > also. In my case I have 2 laptops I travel with, win xp & win7. The > official OpenVPN website does offer clients for xp & win7 but configuration > info is not available. > > Looking for how-to to setup VPN client on xp & win7. > For Windows client, use the following: http://download.securepoint.de/?d=Securepoint%20SSL%20VPN%20Client/v1.0.3 > > The FreeBSD handbook has section on IPsec/VPN, but again it assumes server > and client is a FreeBSD host. Looking for how-to on setting up IPsec/VPN on > xp & win7. > For setting up the server, use the following: Use this link: http://linoxide.com/linux-how-to/install-configure-openvpn-freebsd-10-2/ > > I have 2 concerns. How much hesitation will VPN inject into watching tv > programs or movies on my laptops in a foreign country? Will IPsec/VPN > inject longer hesitations? > I cannot tell about the latencies (I guess that is what you call hesitation :-)) because I haven't tried it. > > Can I use the remote VPN client to start the show streaming and then have > the VPN host record the program? Later down loading the program file to my > laptop for viewing? > That is beyond the scope of FreeBSD questions I guess :-) But maybe someone has done it and will give you their story. -- Best regards, Odhiambo WASHINGTON, Nairobi,KE +254 7 3200 0004/+254 7 2274 3223 "Oh, the cruft."