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08-23-2004, 04:50 PM
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creating a vpn connection
I have fedoracore 1 on my laptop. I want to get it online and in order to do that from where I am I need to creat a vpn connection to our isp. How do I do this?
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08-23-2004, 05:20 PM
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Registered: Jul 2004
Location: Netherlands
Distribution: fedora core 8, suse 10.3, ubuntu 7.10, kamikaze 7.09
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Are you sure, you never use vpn to connect to an isp, you use vpn when you have a connection to an isp and want to make a secure connection to another location on the internet.
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08-23-2004, 05:30 PM
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its a wireless connection going into a hub. The other computer that uses the connection was set up with the isp techs and they made a vpn. does that make sense?
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08-24-2004, 05:18 AM
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Registered: Jul 2004
Location: Netherlands
Distribution: fedora core 8, suse 10.3, ubuntu 7.10, kamikaze 7.09
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Sorry no, ask your isp for an installation manual.
My compliments on getting your wireles network in working order
Could you post the output if
ifconfig
route -n
cat /etc/resolv.conf
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