Re: Attempting to map a drive from home to AS/400 IFS directory

[Wayne McAlpine <wayne.mcalpine@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Allen, tell us a little more about your hardware and your ISP.  Do you 
have a Cisco router/firewall?  If so, I believe the VPN software is 
included with the hardware.

Allen wrote:
> Sounds like I may need to contract this out.
>
> Anyone on this list have the experience and desire to set
> this up for us (remotely) please email me offline
>
> jallen@xxxxxxxxxxx
>
> John
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Tom
> Liotta
> Sent: Thursday, March 15, 2007 3:24 PM
> To: midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: Attempting to map a drive from home to AS/400
> IFS directory
>
> Allen wrote:
>
> > I have never setup a VPN
> >
> > Is this difficult?
> > Is there an easy to follow document explaining the setup
> > process?
>
> John:
>
> The _first_ thing you need to do is verify with your ISP if
> VPN is 
> allowed for your account. Some ISPs don't enable VPN for
> personal 
> accounts, but instead want to charge for a 'business'
> account or at 
> least charge for enabling it.
>
> Setting up VPN will be _far_ more difficult if the ISP
> blocks it and 
> you don't realize it. (I'd add a "<g>" but it really can be 
> something that doesn't bring a smile.)
>
> Tom Liotta