26 Jul
2014
26 Jul
'14
5:42 p.m.
ok it seems everyone is missing the point of the question here. see
my threaded comments below:
On Sat, Jul 26, 2014 at 3:41 AM, Marius Petrescu <marius(a)yo2loj.ro> wrote:
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Eric,
Actually you can use any stateful VPN tunnel: OpenVPN, PPtP, L2TP, SSTP etc.
OpenVPN is kind of complicated to set up (certifcates and other details).
The idea is to initiate the connection from the dynamic IP to a static IP,
and reconnect on IP change from the new dynamc IP.
I personally favor PPtP or L2TP (optional with MPPE encryption), since this
protocol is supported by almost any OS (Windows, Mac, Linux) and is light on
the processor.
yes I get that the tunnel type is mostly irrelevant and I'm pretty
agnostic as to it's type as hey I could tunnel over dns, http, or even
icmp if I had to. The question is tunnel to where? If I had a box
somewhere with a static endpoint / static ip address a big part of
this question would not be being asked and yes, I'd use it as a vpn
server - problem solved. at present, I do not have that luxury.
is there no possible way to connect hosts to amprnet that are behind a
nat firewall router that has a dynamic public ip without the use of a
(my own) vpn server with a static ip placed elsewhere?
Eric