Sorry misread the OP, you can ignore my last message. On Sat, Jan 9, 2010 at 11:15 AM, sanga collins <[email protected]>wrote:
> I think Hardware VPN is the way to go. Its something you can do on your > own, and provided you have internet service and enough bandwidth for your > needs the VPN will be an afterthought. > > I can help you get the ball rolling if you are interested in going in this > direction > > > > > On Thu, Jan 7, 2010 at 10:31 AM, Bernard Wanyama > <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> You need to have a simple plan to start with: >> - how many users >> - what apps >> - what costs you are willing to bear (initial and monthly) >> >> Then you can use that to have some clear requirements: >> - total bandwidth >> - locations >> - Quality of Service (link quality, bandwidth management, monitoring) >> >> Then you approach the ISP / telco and see what they give you. >> As Reinier wrote, you could go for a leased line which has better >> performance assurance and control with higher cost. >> >> Or you could go for Internet VPN - cheaper to tunnel your link across >> the ISP. But you have little guarantee and control. >> >> Kind regards, >> Bernard >> >> >> 2010/1/7 Reinier Battenberg <[email protected]>: >> > >> > talk to your ISP, see what they can do for you. Ask them for a pure IP >> > connection, no p2p or vpn or whatever complex stuff that they can screw >> up and >> > charge you through the nose for. State that most of your traffic will >> not leave >> > the country. Ask them if they can provide that traffic cheaper than the >> > international traffic you will generate. Make them specify which speeds >> you will >> > get where. >> > If you can not find 1 ISP that can deliver, have 2. They should be >> > interconnecting. Keep insisting on cheaper local traffic rates with >> both. >> > >> > Then create your own VPN (if that is what you need) >> > >> > You can also install skype on each client, and host your email in >> Kampala on a >> > server, which is a bit more messy, but way less complex than anything >> you will >> > do over a VPN. (and thus, cheaper). >> > >> > just my 2cts. >> > >> > >> > -- >> > rgds, >> > >> > Reinier Battenberg >> > Director >> > Mountbatten Ltd. >> > +256 782 801 749 >> > www.mountbatten.net >> > >> > Do you have a businessplan? Make your idea work: >> www.startyourbusiness.ug >> > >> > >> > >> > On Thursday 07 January 2010 18:10:26 Ahmed Senyonjo wrote: >> >> Dear Friends, >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> I need your help am trying to set up a converged network to exchange >> Data, >> >> Voice and Video to link different offices which are separated by at >> least >> >> 200kms. >> >> >> >> >> >> Thanks. >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Ahmed. >> >> >> >> >> >> Date: Tue, 5 Jan 2010 02:00:07 -0800 >> >> From: [email protected] >> >> Subject: Re: [LUG] Setting up an FTP Server >> >> To: [email protected] >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Suse comes with yast(2) - this should help you with a UI to do the >> >> Installation. Just fire-up yast and search for ftp, you will see the >> vftp >> >> option, check and accept the base installation will be pretty much >> done. >> >> >> >> Then you can move to the tweaking (Norman's email) >> >> >> >> Regards, >> >> Douglas Onyango +256(0712)981329 >> >> Life is the educators practical joke in which you spend the first half >> >> learning, and the second half learning that everything you learned in >> the >> >> first was wrong. >> >> >> >> --- On Tue, 1/5/10, Kiggundu Mukasa <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >> >> >> >> From: Kiggundu Mukasa <[email protected]> >> >> Subject: Re: [LUG] Setting up an FTP Server >> >> To: "Linux Users Group Uganda" <[email protected]> >> >> Date: Tuesday, January 5, 2010, 12:50 PM >> >> >> >> >> >> VSFTP (very secure ftp) >> >> can get rpm here >> >> >> http://ftp5.gwdg.de/pub/opensuse/discontinued/distribution/10.2/repo/oss/su >> >> se/i586/vsftpd-2.0.5-24.i586.rpm >> >> >> >> >> >> That is the 10.2 version bug should work >> >> >> >> >> >> Kiggs >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> On Jan 5, 2010, at 12:04 PM, [email protected] wrote: >> >> >> >> Hello all, >> >> >> >> I hope the new year is well, i want to set up an FTP server, i already >> have >> >> a Linux box running Suse 10.0, my main issue is on how i configure the >> FTP >> >> service on this box and i how i harden /set up security on this box so >> >> that it doesn't get compromised from the outside world since it will >> be >> >> running a public IP. >> >> >> >> All your help is highly appreciated . >> >> >> >> Cheers >> >> >> >> Allan >> >> _______________________________________________ >> >> LUG mailing list >> >> [email protected] >> >> http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug >> >> %LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ >> >> >> >> >> >> The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including >> >> attachments if any). 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