More tests
Got some time to test external access – including VPN – from the company laptop.
The Vista VPN facility seems unable to handle multiple active network drivers – which may make connection for VMS IP-clustering troublesome…. And setting up the connection parameters is not that staight forward, some items (including IPSEC settings) are somewhat hidden. But one of the connections I have set up did work at some point. At least, it was trying to identify the user but hung at that point. It’s very likely this is caused by the company’s public wireless which doesn’t allow anything else but web traffic. Because of that, Telnet and SSH weren’t possible either – and yesterday tests from my ISP have been successful for these. This applies to FTP as well.
I could of course have searched for a connection to the company internal network, where these restrictions do not apply. But that would mean move to another room, and I simply didn’t want to. Since I now know the Vista restrictions, and seem to have a valid set-up, I could try it by other means – later tonight, or tomorrow.
What goes on behind the doors of the (private) data center