[lug] Daily system crash....

David Morris lists at morris-clan.net
Mon Jan 28 19:20:55 MST 2008


On Mon, Jan 28, 2008 at 07:14:41PM -0700, Nate Duehr wrote:
> David Morris wrote:
>> On Mon, Jan 28, 2008 at 01:31:37PM -0700, Nate Duehr wrote:
>>> David Morris wrote:
>>>
>>>> While I'm searching for a null-modem cable I'll replace the
>>>> VPN with a ghetto VPN (ssh with mapped ports) and see if
>>>> that changes anything.
>>> What's "ghetto" about something that ALWAYS works correctly?  :-)
>>
>> Mainly that its bloody annoying to connect to a couple dozen
>> hosts tunneling through an SSH connection with port maps.
>> Quick and guaranteed reliable, but NOT easy to use in my
>> situation.
>>
>> I decided though to first try openswan, see if that works
>> any better.
>
> Ah okay.
>
> Out of similar desires, I set up PPTP on a Linksys WRT-54GS with the  
> DD-WRT firmware to get some Windows machines into a network, and it  
> worked flawlessly...
>
> Not super high security (PPTP has flaws, big ones), but it was "good  
> enough" for what was being done on that setup, and for the cost of  
> what... a $50 wireless router.
>
> I don't know how many machines you have nor how many could go through  
> your typical WRT-54GS before it would roll over and die, but just a  
> thought... something to try, and cheap -- er, uh... I'm learning to say  
> "frugal" -- as it gets...

LOL, you and I both.

Do you need root access on the remote machines for PPTP?  If
not, I might give it a try.  I have a WRT-54G acting as my
firewall already.

--David




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