Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2005 13:38:54 -0500 From: Eric Schuele <e.schuele@computer.org> To: WOB <wayofbsd@verizon.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Is there a way to connect to a Microsoft VPN? Message-ID: <4314A7BE.1080806@computer.org> In-Reply-To: <431477C3.7040809@verizon.net> References: <431477C3.7040809@verizon.net>
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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
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