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VPNing over bxwifi - possible?
- 2009/05/12 05:34
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Hi all,

I have a friend in town who is stuck with dialup because he lives in a flat and can't afford 3G. We toyed with setting up our own link to share my ADSL2 connection but the cost involved in just overcoming the free space loss between our places would be rather horrendous.

Another solution is to use the existing bxwifi network to establish a VPN between my place and his place. There's an AP down the street from him and I have two APs within a kilometre of my place. I could probably reach one of these with a cantenna (or something a bit more legal).

Would this be allowed, and would it be possible? Also, what would you guys suggest in terms of hardware to make this happen?

Thanks

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Re:VPNing over bxwifi - possible?
- 2009/05/13 19:38
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yes it is very possible to vpn over bathurst wireless. I have had a vpn server running since very early on in bxwifi.

Hardware wise you do not need much. Being on a budget you could get away with usning a wrt with OpenWrt on it. OpenWrt has a vpn server built in. You would use the wrt at your house to connect to the network it would then act as the vpn server and at the same time act as your gateway to the network providing you with a natted and firewalled connection. Or if you want it to be really great grab a bullet and put openwrt on it.
http://www.rfshop.com.au/Products/Hardware/tabid/426/CategoryID/756/Category2ID/993/List/1/Level/2/ ProductID/6022/Default.aspx

For the other end you cannot go past the bullet simply the best cpe I have seen http://www.rfshop.com.au/Products/Hardware/tabid/426/CategoryID/756/Category2ID/993/List/1/Level/2/ ProductID/6022/Default.aspx

you might also want to confirm which ap's are near by as the ap map needs an update if you want to pm me the locations I can let you know if you can get a link or not

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