Setting up VPN access over home dsl router?

Question

I have a ADSL connection at home, however it is not static ip address based, and the ip changes every couple of hours. here is how the setup looks like

Internet ------ ADSL Router --------Internal LAN ------Machine 1, Machine 2, Machine 3

Now I want to access the different machines (1,2,3) from somewhere in the Internet in a secure way, maybe using something like a VPN...

any idea how i can set this up?

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Nov 16 '10 at 03:27

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Maybe start with getting a dynamic hostname.

http://www.dyndns.com/services/dns/dyndns/

Then you can just setup port fowarding on your router to take care of the rest, depending on which services you want to access.

If that's not what you're looking for, see if your router supports DD-WRT and install the VPN flavor.

answered Nov 16 '10 at 03:27

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I get the DynDns and port forwarding part ... but where do I setup the software based VPN? should it be on one of the machines (1,2,3)? – ramaji Nov 16 '10 at 03:31
I do not have a router which supports DD-WRT. – ramaji Nov 16 '10 at 03:31
What services are you trying to access? – erimar77 Nov 16 '10 at 03:35

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Nov 16 '10 at 03:46

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Check out Hamachi2 from LogMeIn, makes this a cinch. Basically one of your machines at home becomes a peer-to-peer gateway. It's a piece of cake, really.

answered Nov 16 '10 at 03:46

SpacemanSpiff

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score -1 · Answer 3 · answered Nov 16 '10 at 06:21

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Another option is TeamViewer.

answered Nov 16 '10 at 06:21

quanta

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Setting up VPN access over home dsl router?

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