Router recommendation for VPN from FC4 box.

Bryan Hepworth bryan at redfedora.co.uk
Tue Nov 22 18:41:58 UTC 2005


>Hi all,
>I have two home computers (Fedora Core 4 and Windows XP Home) >and an
>HP printer. I connect to the internet by way of a cable modem, with a
>fixed IP address. I need a router that will:
>1) Allow both machines to access the internet.
>2) Allow both machines to access the printer. I have seen routers with
>USB ports for printers- that's what I'm looking for.
>3) Allow VPN connections that authenticate with MS-CHAP to outside
>computers (you may have seen that in an earlier thread!). As I cannot
>get the VPN to work from the fedora box, I'm hoping that the router
>will make the necessary connections and the fedora box doesn't need to
>worry about it.
>4) If the two home computers could access each others files, that
>would be great. Right now, we move things about on a disk-on-key.

>Thanks, everybody. Any experience that you have in this area is
>welcome information.

You might want to look at Draytek if you're in the UK 
http://www.draytek.co.uk/

Bry 




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