VPN? Wan? Lan to Lan networking issue...

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Hi,

I am trying to learn more and more all the time and now that I can set up a home lan just recently I have been thinking about how to set up some kind of Wan or VPN so that I could, say, access a pc on another private lan and visa versa and share files.

I am on a small home lan and so is the other pc (5 miles away).

I have read a bit about VPN's, which seem to be one way of doing this but require server software? I don't fully understand how they work as I have had no server exposure.

I am new to this side of networking and am seriously interested in learning about it, not to mention the fact that being able to set up a "mini wan" if you like, would open up lots of opportunities for me.

All advice and comments appreciated

Thanks

Sean

 

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Hope this helps, post back if you need more advice.

Boyce

 

Nice little tool that, cheers boyce

 

Logmein has a tool called Hamachi designed for this im sure there are both paid and free versions, see here:

https://secure.logmein.com/products/hamachi/vpn.asp?lang=en

 

Thanks