Setting up a home VPN

[Chapster5]

Is it possible for free? If so how do you go about it? My dad wants a kindle fire to use at work he has an external HDD connected to a computer at home which has data on like wiring diagrams and such he wants access to them from which ever site he goes to if he has wifi connections.

Cheers

Nick.

 

[Knuckles]

Does Dropbox do that or does it only work on a local server?

 

[Adam.]

Do you have a static IP at home?

Quite easy to do and will be free.

 

[Chapster5]

Just thinking that I have a dynamic IP in which I've heard ill need to use the likes of Hide My Ass to keep track of my IP and give me a static one?

Drop box could be one didn't think of that bit not sure how big all his work data is (there is a lot!)

 

[DannyR]

Just call your ISP and get a static IP. If its not free, as usually only is for business users, then google dyndns.

You'll get a proper address too and the software will constantly update it for your ISP IP address.

 

[Adam.]

You only need dyndns if you don't have a static.

 

[Chapster5]

Ohh do I get DnyDns on the Kindle or the PC sorry being a newb

 

[DannyR]

Yea, dyndns basically gives you a dummy static IP in a URL form. The software on the PC will the constantly update it with your actual IP address.

So say you set up an account your address could be Chapster.dyndns.org.

You then setup the VPN on your PC and router and then log in through the above address.

 

[Chapster5]

Ahhh that will allow my dad to use the kindle to access files on the external hard drive on the computer?

How do I setup a VPN on windows 7? Sorry extremely new to all this

 

[Adam.]

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorial...work-vpn-enable-incoming-vpn-connections.html

 

[Chapster5]

Legend thank you!

 

[Carlv8415]

I have my own VPN server I host it off a MacMini just register with no-ip.co.uk and they give you a domain name, there is free ones or paid. Install a little app on whatever device you hosting the VPN server and it talks to there server allowing you to keep a dynamic IP address but still using your domain name. As your networks IP changes it tells there DNS server what it's changed to. Very good idea for security in my mind.