From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Aug 30 18:40:22 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3C51316A41F for ; Tue, 30 Aug 2005 18:40:19 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from e.schuele@computer.org) Received: from sccrmhc11.comcast.net (sccrmhc11.comcast.net [204.127.202.55]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6F58443DD8 for ; Tue, 30 Aug 2005 18:38:56 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from e.schuele@computer.org) Received: from [208.206.151.59] (host59.gtisd.com[208.206.151.59]) by comcast.net (sccrmhc11) with ESMTP id <2005083018385501100sdg3re>; Tue, 30 Aug 2005 18:38:55 +0000 Message-ID: <4314A7BE.1080806@computer.org> Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2005 13:38:54 -0500 From: Eric Schuele User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.6 (X11/20050829) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: WOB References: <431477C3.7040809@verizon.net> In-Reply-To: <431477C3.7040809@verizon.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Is there a way to connect to a Microsoft VPN? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2005 18:40:22 -0000 WOB wrote: > > Hi, > > Is there a way to connect my FreeBSD 5.4 box to a Microsoft VPN? > Basically, I use FreeBSD at home, and want to connect to my XP Pro box > at work. On Linux, I think they have a VPN program you can run, then > you can use rdesktop to connect to a Windows host on the VPN LAN. On > FreeBSD, I have used rdesktop to control a XP Pro box, but it was in my > house. I tried this a year ago, but I don't think there was a way to > get the VPN connection going, unless I bought a VPN-router, or was > running Windows inside VMWare. > > I also tried to make a VPN connection from inside QEMU, but it did not > work. > > Is amyone able to connect a home FreeBSD box to a remoted XP Pro box > that is on a VPN? I use /usr/ports/net/pptpclient to connect to a MS VPN endpoint and /usr/ports/net/rdesktop to "Remote Desktop" to my XP machine at the office. Works great. HTH > > I have a DSL modem, and a router from my ISP. I might be able to buy > another router that supports VPN's, and add it to my home LAN, and plug > my FreeBSD box in to it (or buy another NIC and plug the 2nd NIC in to it). > > thanks! > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > -- Regards, Eric