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Re: DD-WRT + OpenVPN + LaCie Ethernet Disk Mini Home Edition = Listen to my Home Music at Work!

hightechdad — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 14:05:04 -0000

@ Chris,

Yeah, sorry about the reCaptcha stuff. I usually write the full comment and copy it to my clipboard before I try to Add Comment.

Yeah, if I remember correctly, the generating keys was the hardest part. That is why I recommended, if you can, to do it on a PC. It's much easier (and much more documented). You are probably right about the tun/tap and command line. I haven't tried it in quite a while.

I would think that OpenVPN would make the process a bit easier or someone would port to mac. There is probably a linux build somewhere that could be modded to have it work better on Leopard.

I was also wondering if the "Back to my Mac" thing with .Mac might work in some way...but I haven't had time to investigate that.

Let me know how it goes if you do attempt.

-HTD

Re: DD-WRT + OpenVPN + LaCie Ethernet Disk Mini Home Edition = Listen to my Home Music at Work!

Chris — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 13:52:08 -0000

I had a nice reply written, but the CAPTCHA was wrong, so I lost it... I'll try to recreate it (and hit command S before submitting this time)

I already have DD-WRT installed, so I wasn't too afraid of that. However, I tried OpenVPN on Leopard in the past (with Tunnleblick) and quickly got lost with trying to generate keys.

I just tried Hamachi again. From what I understand, the tun/tap drivers only work for the command line version, and not the GUI (please correct me if I'm wrong). I couldn't get past the "make install" step. It's embarassing, but I'm still a fish out of water with a lot of the Unix operations.

I don't see why someone hasn't already brought an easy to use, consumer oriented VPN solution to market. I guess it would cut into profits from the expensive professional solutions?

Re: DD-WRT + OpenVPN + LaCie Ethernet Disk Mini Home Edition = Listen to my Home Music at Work!

hightechdad — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 13:31:05 -0000

@ Chris,

Thanks for your post! Yes, it was VERY time consuming. The DD-WRT flashing is pretty straight forward, however, configuring the OpenVPN is more time consuming. The steps on the wiki are pretty straight forward (but complex).
For the HamachiX, did you see this thread?
I haven't tried it, since I have OpenVPN working on my Leopard mac currently. If you can figure out how to get OpenVPN working on a PC, it's EASY on the Mac.
Good luck and let me know if you have any questions.
-HTD

Re: DD-WRT + OpenVPN + LaCie Ethernet Disk Mini Home Edition = Listen to my Home Music at Work!

Chris — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 13:13:53 -0000

I have been wanting to setup my router as a VPN server with DD-WRT, so I'm glad you did this write up. Unfortunately, it looks like it's over my head and free-time. I guess I'm waiting until HamachiX gets updated for Leopard, or biting the bullet and patching the command-line version of Hamachi.