[lopsa-discuss] hardware VPN devices for laptops?

[Adam S. Moskowitz]

unix fan <unix_fan at yahoo.com> wrote:
> software solutions

Software requires installation and configuration, plus there's the
multi-platform problem. *Any* laptop that has a browser and an Ethernet
port -- and what laptop these days doesn't have those? -- running *any*
operating system, can use the hardware solution. If the laptop is
configured for DHCP -- and again, most are -- you're 99.9% finished.

> The main requirement for David seems to be "no calls to support".

Yes, and in my experience, a pure hardware solution is far more likely
to meet this requirement than a software solution.

> No setting "channel/frequency, speed".

As I said, that's a rare thing to have to do; in over 95% of the cases
it just works. If you're using a wired connection that figure jumps to
at least 100%; for wireless it's no different that what you have to do
to some systems to get them to talk to the local WAP.

I've used my h/w gizmo on everything from my wife's ancient iMac to the
most modern laptops around; it has yet to fail. Show me a single piece
of VPN software that can do that.

AdamM