Re: How to Set Up PublicVPN
 

Assuming you can connect from your N800 to your desktop, you could leave your desktop connected to the VPN, and then go from N800->Proxy->Desktop->VPN->Internet.

Re: How to Set Up PublicVPN
 

Ahhhh, Yes. This is a nifty workaround. I'll look into it. It indirectly gives me what I need. Thx.

Re: How to Set Up PublicVPN
 

Can I suggest you change VPN providers? OpenVPN is very simple to get up and operational on the N800. Witopia is a great OpenVPN provider and it's dirt cheap (about $30 per year). I used it on my N800 prior to setting up my own OpenVPN server.

Re: How to Set Up PublicVPN
 

Good suggestion. I googled witopia and it seems to be an alternative. So lets be clear here. I will get a subscription for personalVPN from witopia and it will work with my XP laptop and desktop as well as with my Linux N800? Setting it up on for XP looks the same as PublicVPN but will N800 be fairly straight forward for me?

Re: How to Set Up PublicVPN
 

Since I don't know your comfort level, I don't know how 'straight forward' it will be for you. That said, I use my one Witopia account for all of my computers (an N800, a Mac Book running OS X, a couple of Windows laptops and some Linux boxes...I even have a Linksys WRT54GL running OpenVPN client that has a static connection to Witopia when it's powered on). All that is required is copying the certificates that you get from Witopia to each machine into the appropriate directory for each machines OpenVPN client. The install on the N800 is fairly simple, but it does require following steps exactly (which are readily available online). Furthermore, the SSL VPN that underlies OpenVPN is a much better form of VPN (for many reasons) than PPTP. And yes, you want the Personal VPN. :)

Regards,
ER

Re: How to Set Up PublicVPN
 

Great, I will switch and go this direction. It sounds like you have it nailed. Nice solution for me. Thxxxxxxxxxxxx. I'll be back if I encounter problems and can't find answers.

Re: How to Set Up PublicVPN
 

No problem, and don't hesitate to ask for assistance. My initial purpose for using Witopia was the same as yours; I was living in a country that filtered darn near everything. I was also responsible for about 95 other users and we needed things like VoIP, VTC, etc. Witopia was first rate and even worked with me when the local govt got wise and started blocking. Anyway, they're a great company with a great service.

ER

Re: How to Set Up PublicVPN
 

Rindee or others. I have installed personalvpn on my xp and vista machines. Nice click-install process. No prob with certificate thingy either. So I searched for a simple way to do the same with N800. Looks more complicated. Some sites talk about connecting to a computer on my network to do this. I really just want the N800 to do the same as Windows -- connect/tunnel directly to the Internet. Can anyone direct me to a website that has straightforward instructions to set this up and then insert the certificate to make it work? Thx.