Help setting up VPN

[firebane]

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Well that's a bummer. I'd like to avoid double natting if possible. Who knows what won't be happy with it. I mean, I can do the core setup, if another beyonder wants to do a bridge mode with Shaw on a weekday then final validation.

Bridge mode is a remote switch they can flip anytime. Just need to talk to them.

[tirebob]

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Upgrade to a VPN router, setup ddns, ip can change all you want. @tirebob I’ll volunteer to set you up on a weekend. Only time I have any time. Anyone know if Shaw will flip to bridge mode on a weekend?

Hey @rage2 I am so ashamed I let myself fall so far behind on all this shit over the years... Haha! Never learned a thing about computer stuff!

So the service I have is Shaw Security 600 or some shit. I will post some pics of the hardware if it helps.

[tirebob]

And when I am logged into Meraki I have a page showing this stuff... There is more to the page etc but being the techno peasant I am I don’t want to unwittingly put something out in the public that makes us vulnerable.

Edit - I included a pic of the service description it it means anything useful.

[rage2]

@tirebob PM me your cell number. You're iPhone now so we can chat on our blue bubbles.

I'll probably want to get a whole wack of info from you just to do the prep work. And maybe talk to you directly on what the best way to handle this to make it as seamless as possible for you. Probably won't be during the day since my work schedule is ridiculous, so if you're OK we can chat tonight after I get the kids in bed around 9pm.

[revelations]

Bob if you need a router let me know, Ill donate that spare Nighthawk/Asus router I have kicking around.

No doubt rage and crew will find efficiencies in other parts of the network - esp if it hasn't been touched in years!

[adam c]

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What I understood from his first message he wants to connect his laptop so this would be a client vpn tunnel not a site to site vpn tunnel.

I don't dabble much in the consumer grade equipment, are there devices out there that actually do on demand VPNs like SSL? I know some consumer stuff will do a site to site tunnel but that's where they stop

[rage2]

Looks like I don't have to do anything. Bob's got Shaw Security, Meraki appliance as shown in screenshot which has a VPN server. Everything is just a config away.

[rage2]

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I don't dabble much in the consumer grade equipment, are there devices out there that actually do on demand VPNs like SSL? I know some consumer stuff will do a site to site tunnel but that's where they stop

Asus routers can handle it out of the box. Vpn server, site to site vpn client, and if you grab the Merlin firmware, it adds policy based routed site to site vpn.

[LilDrunkenSmurf]

Glad to see Bob got hooked up. I was also about to throw my hat in the ring.

[ExtraSlow]

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Glad to see Bob got hooked up. I was also about to throw my hat in the ring.

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Asking for @SKR

[rage2]

VPN connected!

[tirebob]

Success!!! @rage2 is the man... Thanks everyone for all the guidance through this! I feel a little bit smarter now.

[ExtraSlow]

My work it guy set me up on a VPN Friday. Took him four minutes.

[tirebob]

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My work it guy set me up on a VPN Friday. Took him four minutes.

Honestly, not initially knowing the process with this Shaw Smart security that was the only thing that took a little bit of time. I think that four minutes is all it would take doing it again. Now it is figured out it is cake.

[rage2]

@tirebob setup the vpn server all on his own. I really didn’t do anything aside from pointing him in the right direction for windows 10 client settings.

[ExtraSlow]

Also, to be clear, I'm not saying I "did" anything. My company already has a vpn that dozens of people use, and I have a work-issued laptop, and an IT guy remoted in to do the work. Just funny timing.