Date: Sun, 17 Jul 2016 20:41:02 +0300 From: Odhiambo Washington <odhiambo@gmail.com> To: Ernie Luzar <luzar722@gmail.com> Cc: questions <questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: OpenVPN with xp & win7 clients Message-ID: <CAAdA2WNMdprFZ23cdUj4ms5A=Tj5XKZwreiwihcqEgE7zC-22g@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <578BAB1A.2010109@gmail.com> References: <578BAB1A.2010109@gmail.com>
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On 17 July 2016 at 18:58, Ernie Luzar <luzar722@gmail.com> 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."
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