> Windows-only users could always use VPN - it's not usually too > difficult to > configure. What would be very helpful would be for APs to support Windows > VPN protocols directly. Obviously BSD and linux-based APs allow this > possibility, but something more consumer-centric would be pretty good for > security.
Linksys got this VPN box which is fairly cheap and can terminate up to 70 IPSEC VPN's. http://linksys.com/products/product.asp?prid=411&grid=23 I wonder if it can somehow be configured for the 802.11/AP case, where you want the VPN going out on the same side as where you have the DHCP server (or do you need an extra DHCP server? - maybe in a router/AP). Anyone tried this box in a similar "reverse" setup? Just to clairfy: The box is intended to have the VPN's running out on the internet - but what you need in the 802.11/AP case is the VPN's running over the wireless section and terminate at the clients (with some client software - or another similar box). So the box should go somewhere between the AP and the DSL (or whatever the internet connection is). The WAN port would be connected the the AP and the LAN port would be connected to the internet! So "in reverse". Other VPN boxes I have looked at are too expensive. And something big with moving mechanical parts (hard drives, fans etc.) is not what I am looking for. Anyone heard of a (cheap) internet service that will terminate a VPN for you and just put in on the internet? That would be pretty strange in the pre-802.11 world, but may actually make sense now... (the reason for encryption on the local wireless section only and not end to end, is the simple fact that information that may be sensitive in the local neighborhood, is often much less sensitive far away from you). // Rolf -- general wireless list, a bawug thing <http://www.bawug.org/> [un]subscribe: http://lists.bawug.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless
