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Help! How to connect WinXP and Panther over Internet (VPN)?
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Join Date: Jun 2002
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Yeah, we wanna do this. With modern OS it shouldn't be too hard but we didn't find a way yet.
HELP! Newbies on the run...
No, ftp is no solution (I don't want to create new users for this)
KDX is horribly slow even on a fast line, whysoever.
SMB is just for LANs (?)
So how can we do it? There are several VPN CLIENTS for osx - but no Daemon/server?!
OpenVPN doesn't seem to be nice, I don't understand a single word on sourceforge at all anyway. 
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Are you only looking at doing file-sharing? Then simply type in the address of the other computer in the SMB connection. On MacOS X 10.2 an above this is simple: "Connect To Server" and type in "smb://ip.address.goes.here". On XP you have to be a little more creative, because there are a whole number of ways of setting it up, but none of them are as easy as MacOS X's. You might want to try typing the same thing in on a browser...
If you are looking for an Actual VPN, then there are a lot of different routes to take, and it depends on what you are trying to do. I just got done setting up my companie's PPTP VPN server using a devil-linux box. It is very easy to setup, and can make use of older Intel (and compatible) computer as the server. I have a how-to document that I am working on.
OpenVPN is a another solution, but I have not set it up yet. I am thinking of using this to link a couple of offices together. I looked it over, and it is fairly strait-forward as VPN setups go (VPN's can be very complex).
You will want to figure out what you want, and rephrase you question.
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Join Date: Feb 2003
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What is it you need to do exactly? And do you need to go both ways (come on, you know what I mean  ) or one way?
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Join Date: Jun 2002
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Okay, what we want to do is filesharing via the Internet. Means: I want to show defined folders to my friend, like in a LAN. And vice versa. Dream: I have one folder called "Andy", I drop something in there and he has it on his desktop and vice v.
I am not shure I really understood what VPN menas and to be honest, I don't care. I just want to easily bring this file sharing to life.
Appreciate any help a lot. Is very annoying that THIS is so hard to do in 2004. should be something even my mum should be able to establish.
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Join Date: Sep 2000
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I do just what you are wanting! I don't know how secure it is but what I do is turn on personal filesharing, tell my router/firewall to direct external requests on the personal firesharing port number (548 or 427) to my mac. Then on the remote mac I use the connect to server (apple K) enter the ip of my router plus the port number, login and then I have access to my files. Plus you can save an alias to the remote macs desktop for easy access.
It is easy to do
But like I said, not sure on the secuity of that route.....
DAlex
ARGH! Sorry just re-read your post, I'm going mac to mac sorry not XP to mac! Although you may be able to do the same using smb.....
(Last edited by DAlex; Feb 29, 2004 at 04:37 AM.
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