[PCTECH] Re: VPN questions

[Tom Liotta <qsrvbas@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Dan:

Listen to John Ross.

There's a LOT that can be said about VPN, but he's said pretty much 
everything useful already.

Beyond that, about all I'd be interested in is whether you have a good 
reason for VPN. I imagine most reasons are something like "the boss says 
so".

Actually, I wonder how many of us have good reason for using it? 
(...besides the one I gave.)

Tom Liotta



Dan Bale wrote:

> Esteemed listers,
>
> I am going to be taking home the iSeries Access and Cisco VPN Client install
> CD-ROMs so that I can connect to our iSeries from home.
>
> I am told that, once I activate a VPN connection, I lose my ability to surf
> the internet at large from my ISP.  (I am told that I will only be able to
> access the iSeries; the rest of the network will be unavailable via remote
> access.)
>
> Is this the nature of VPN?
>
> FWIW, my connection is via cable modem, and I am using a GigaFast router.
>
> > From the manual: This router supports only PPtP Packet Pass-Through.
> Neither L2tP (Layer 2 Tunnel Protocol) nor IPSEC (Internet Protocol
> Security) are supported.  The router itself does not have a VPN function.
> It allows PPtP Packet Pass-Through.
>
> tia,
> db