microsoft.public.access

"David Anderson" wrote in
news:uWqXrrPFIHA.1208@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl:

> I've interpreted your post as meaning that VPN enabled routers and
> software such as the free OpenVPN are the only building blocks
> required to construct a VPN and that, if the relevant router(s)
> already have VPN capability, then a VPN can be set up at no
> additional cost. Is this correct?

Yep.

> My own router
> certainly supports VPNs and I will make a point of reading the
> relevant parts of the user manual asap. I'm assuming that my
> Windows XP PC will be the focal point of the VPN connection and
> that I am the one that creates the VPN, while my users have only
> to install some sort of VPN client software. Do the routers at the
> user sites also need VPN capability?

Nope -- you've got it right. It's only the "server" site that needs
to offer the VPN capability, and the clients only need a VPN client.
The Windows VPN client is sufficient (though you'll likely want to
use something other than the default settings, which last I checked,
didn't even encrypt the tunnel!).

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