Linux VPN without using PPP

[teamzx]

I've already read the thread on Linux VPN that uses PoPToP
(which uses PPP) and that didn't give me any useful information for my situation. I need to set up a VPN for high speed internet access (cable modems) for my server. All the documentation I've read on Linux VPNs (FreeS/WAN and otherwise) typically talk about having two different Linux gateways, one on each side of the Internet. In my situation I only have one Linux gateway (and only need one) and one Windows XP machine to connect. I will also want to give access to my partner from across the Internet on his Windows 2000 machine. I have no problem setting up the IPSec on the WinXP machine. My problem is correctly setting up the Linux server to be a VPN server. All the documentation either points to PPP or a situation using two Linux servers. I am looking for advice on how to go about properly configuring VPN Linux for my situation.

 

[Norwich]

a goohle search for "freeswan" and "xp" seems to bring up a fair amount:

http://www.google.com/search?q=freeswan+xp

 

[teamzx]

As I stated I have no problem setting up XP for tunneling. It's setting up FreeS/WAN that's the problem. All the configurations point to setting up a point to point between two FreeS/WAN servers. And the documentation is just too confusing to figure out on my own for setting up a single FreeS/WAN server. I firmly believe that I can get XP connected if I could only get Linux configured properly.

 

[ArturXZone]

Hi,
as I remember (just readings, I haven't implemented this yet) your setup is about the Road Warriors situation. Quoting FreeSWANHowTo.html#road.intro:
* anyone with a dynamic IP address is a "Road Warrior".
* any machine doing IPsec processing is a "gateway". Think of the single-user road warrior machine as a gateway with a degenerate subnet (one machine, itself) behind it.

HTH
Ax

 

[marsd]

Unfortunately, the simplest solution-> cipe..

http://sites.inka.de/sites/bigred/devel/cipe.html

Does not support XP.

 

[GGORTT]

ArturXZone is correct. The Road Warrior scenero is what you want. The FreeS/wan home site has some good setup info or just Google a How To for FreeS/wan Road Warrior. It's not hard, just takes a bit of time but it does go a lot quicker if you read the documentation first and try to understand what is happening. If this seems too hard you may want to look into a Linksys Cabel/DSL Router with the VPN built in.

GGortt
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