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@yo2loj.ro wrote:
(Please trim inclusions from previous messages) _______________________________________________ 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