I have two windows xp computers behind a linksys router. I would like
to be able to access one of these computers from a vista computer while
on the road. I am looking to purchase a linksys/cisco vpn router
BEFSX41 and getting a static ip address. How do I go about this? Do I
need specialized software in addition or can this be accomplished
without a lot of hassle?
Thank you

For such a small network, a hardware based VPN might be overkill,
especially Cisco. Most Cisco routers only work with the Cisco VPN
clients and I've found them to be pretty troublesome and buggy
(causing lots of BSOD and often just not working without explanation).
Even the new AnyConnect client, while much better, is far from
perfect.

We used to use an older Cisco VPN that still supported the MS client
and that was much better. No software to install just set it up like
any other network connection. I don't know if any new Cisco VPNs
support the MS client.

Also there are software options, like http://openvpn.net/. I've never
used it myself but since it's free it's worth a try before investing
in hardware.

HTH,

Sam

On Tue, 24 Feb 2009 15:25:03 -0600, giddyup <nospam@xxxxxx> wrote:

>I have two windows xp computers behind a linksys router. I would like
>to be able to access one of these computers from a vista computer while
>on the road. I am looking to purchase a linksys/cisco vpn router
>BEFSX41 and getting a static ip address. How do I go about this? Do I
>need specialized software in addition or can this be accomplished
>without a lot of hassle?
>Thank you