elsi
I'm a bit confused. On the OpenVPN home page (openvpn.net), there are 3 options: VPN Service (linking to Private Tunnel), VPN Solution, and Community. I'm not sure which implementation that will meet my needs, but let me describe my environment and perhaps the community can help me.
First, I run 2 workstations in my home. Both of these run an HTTP server and a VNC server. While I'm in my home, I can connect to these workstations from my laptop or iPad over my local LAN. When I'm sitting in a hotel with my laptop or iPad, I would like to have the same access to these workstations. I have used Hamachi (now LogMeIn Hamachi) to create a virtual network which all of the workstations -- those at home and my laptop -- can access. But Hamachi does not have a VPN offering for the iPad, so it cannot access the HTTP server unless it's on the local LAN.
Someone mentioned OpenVPN and at first it looked good, particularly when I saw that Private Tunnel had an implementation for iOS devices. But it looks like Private Tunnel is more of an IP proxy to hide IP address rather than providing the VPN capabilities to make these systems visible to each other.
I'm not sure whether the downloads from the Community will solve the connectivity issue. The two workstations in my home are addressed via NAT behind the router -- there is only one external address. And, that address is obtained via DHCP from the ISP, and no DNS provided.
Obviously I need to spend more time looking at the documentation, but before I do that, I thought I'd ask whether OpenVPN was a possible solution to my requirements.
Thanks in advance,
Elsi
