[iyonix-support] Re: Anyone running VPN on an Iyonix
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- Date: Thu, 25 May 2006 17:15:06 +0200
In message <Marcel-1.53-0525145128-868pErr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Chris Evans <chris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Thu 25 May, Peter Bell wrote:
> >
> > In message <3310212b4e.markee@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > mark.stephens@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> >
> > > I have been looking at the possibility of running either from my
> > > Iyonix or using it on a VPN workwork. Does anyone know if this
> > > possible/ can recommend any software?
> >
> > Not a software solution but, for many years, I've been using Draytek
> > Vigor routers to provide a transparent VPN. We have a mixed environment
> > of RPC/Iyonix, Windows and DEC Alpha/VMS machines all interconnected
> > across four sites.
>
> How are you comunicating betweem the RISC OS machines themselves (ShareFS?)
> and how between the RISC OS machines and the PC's?
>
> Someone from Tematic (Dan?) mentioned a couple of years ago that part (but
> not all) of the necessary bits were added to ShareFS but that it never got
> out of the door
>
> I've just found it in the archives
>
> http://groups.google.co.uk/group/comp.sys.acorn.networking/browse_thread/thread/1beba78516f92251/a4d209f76cb553da?lnk=st&q=vpn+sharefs+group%3Acomp.sys.acorn.*&rnum=4&hl=en
>
> I hope ROL took him up on the offer... maybe that is why it is working you
> ;-)
>
> > We could have chatted about this at Wakefield!
When I understand the afoermentioned posting form c.s.a.networking
correct, it's about supporting subnets in ShareFS.
Well according to http://www.iyonix.com/iyonix/features/503notes.shtml
RISC OS 5 ShareFS works across subnets - opposed to RISC OS 4.xx. So
that could be the important feature to make it work.
--
Herbert
Herbert zur Nedden
German Archimedes Group http://www.gag.de
Herausgeber DER deutschen RISC OS-Zeitschrift.
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