Re: [Openvpn-users] OpenVPN with XP client - can ping both ends but do little else !

[Leonard Isham <leonard.isham@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Tue, 2 Nov 2004 10:54:11 -0000, Conor Rafferty <cr@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> OK, went back through and read everything AGAIN, and took a chance on
> changing over to a "dev tap" connection -
> 
> didn't work on its own
> 
> but then I found out about "bridges" and how to set them up in Windows
> 
> hey presto - could ping from laptop to every machine on LAN, and vice versa
> 
> Eventually the network shares on the LAN became visible too !
> 
> So now I am well and truly OpenVPN-enabled.....
> 
> BUT, disappointed by the performance over dial-up, and also my
> "client-server" business application won't work. Its not really client
> server at all !!
> 
> .. may need to go back to VNC, using a faster connection for laptop e.g.
> broadband...
> 
> Any ideas on how to boost performance ?
> 
> (e.g. Outlook is currently loading a .pst file with 10,000 emails in it over
> the VPN, taken 10mins so far, and no sign of being finished)
> 
> ### LATER #####
> 
> With broadband both ends (300k & 500k respectively, obviously limited to
> 300k) the VPN becomes usable though slow....
> 
> Luckily VPN and VNC can co-exist, so I'll run them both - use the VNC for my
> business' client-server app, email etc, and if I need to do any extensive
> edits on a file, I'll drag it down using VPN and edit it locally.
> 
> Maybe will revisit doing it all on VPN if I upgrade both broadband ends to
> 1M+, but in the meantime I have a workable solution.
> 
> I have learned tonnes from this process and am ever so grateful to all you
> guys for your support.
> 

I would recommend that you use VNC over OpenVNC to gain the security
of OpenVPN.  MS remote desktop works over OpenVPN as well.

I have theses running nearly continously.

P.S. I use UltraVNC on windows and TightVNC on Linux.

-- 
Leonard Isham, CISSP 
Ostendo non ostento.

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