Networking... To a comp 3 miles away

[Guest]

My girlfriend wants to network our computers... But she lives about 3-4 miles
away. She wants it so she can see my HD, and I can see hers. If the answer
turns out that I'll have to code my own program, I will. I know C++ and
Pascal. I was just wondering if there was any other way than me having to
write my own program.

 

[Ben M. Schorr - MVP]

Aloha Revan-th,

http://www.google.com/custom?domain...000000;GFNT:0000FF;GIMP:0000FF;FORID:1;&hl=en



-Ben-
Ben M. Schorr - MVP
Roland Schorr & Tower
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[Ben M. Schorr - MVP]

Aloha Revan-th,

That link might not work right. Just Google for "VPN". You'd need to tell
us more about your respective computers and network for a more specific answer.

-Ben-
Ben M. Schorr - MVP
Roland Schorr & Tower
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[Sooner Al [MVP]]

As Ben noted a Virtual Private Network (VPN) of some flavor is the safe way
to do this. The VPN link is encrypted, safe and secure. Here are some links
that may help you with this...

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Windows XP has built-in PPTP VPN server/client functionality. Use a *STRONG*
password. See these two pages for some help with that...

http://www.onecomputerguy.com/networking/xp_vpn_server.htm
http://www.onecomputerguy.com/networking/xp_vpn.htm

If you are behind a firewall/router you need to forward/open TCP Port 1723
to your XP VPN server PC *AND* enable GRE Protocol 47 traffic through the
firewall/router. Some firewall/routers call that "PPTP Pass Through" or "VPN
Pass Through" or in the case of the XP SP2 Windows Firewall automatically
pass that traffic when TCP Port 1723 is forwarded/opened. There is a test
you can run that will tell you if both types of traffic are being passed
correctly. See the "PPTP Ping" and "VPN Traffic" sections on this page for
details...

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/community/columns/cableguy/cg0105.mspx

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If you can't get PPTP VPN to work you might look at using something like
OpenVPN. Here is some help with a basic OpenVPN connection...

http://openvpn.net/static.html

More involved OpenVPN help including bridging and using certificates for
authentication...

http://theillustratednetwork.mvps.org/OpenVPN/OpenVPN.html

http://www.sbeattyconsulting.com/blog/index.php?p=3

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Secure Shell (SSH) is also an option and quite easy to setup. Use a *STRONG*
password or better yet a private/public key pair (protected by a strong
password) for authentication.

http://www.itefix.no/phpws/index.ph...er_op=view_page&PAGE_id=12&MMN_position=22:22
http://theillustratednetwork.mvps.org/Ssh/SecureYourcopSSHServer.html
http://winscp.net/eng/index.php

http://theillustratednetwork.mvps.org/Ssh/RemoteDesktopSSH.html
http://www.dslreports.com/faq/11544

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Lastly SSL-Explorer is another option...

http://www.tomsnetworking.com/2006/07/21/diy_ssl_vpn_with_ssl_explorer_pt1/index.html
http://www.tomsnetworking.com/2006/07/27/diy_ssl_vpn_with_ssl_explorer_pt2/

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You could also purchase a VPN end-point type router if your budget allows
and your on a broadband ISP. Here is one *example* of such a device from
Linksys. There are other manufactures that make similar devices...

http://tinyurl.com/lddg7

Good luck...

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Al Jarvi (MS-MVP Windows Networking)

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[Guest]

We both have a Dell Dimension DIM3000 with a Pentium 4 processor, 3.00 GHz,
with 256 megs of RAM.

 

[Ben M. Schorr - MVP]

Aloha Revan-th,

Not much RAM in those. In any event...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VPN

-Ben-
Ben M. Schorr - MVP
Roland Schorr & Tower
http://www.rolandschorr.com
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