Hi, Les Mikesell wrote on 2017-05-30 14:38:46 -0500 [Re: [BackupPC-users] How to backup a laptop over internet]: > On Tue, May 30, 2017 at 2:18 PM, Holger Parplies <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > You *can* use a VPN locally, too. That way, you'd be reachable via the same > > address in both cases (plus a local one if you're on the local net; probably > > faster for non-BackupPC traffic). Routing might be a little tricky. > > If the VPN is configured as point-to-point with the other end on the > backuppc server, routing would take care of itself via the subnet > masks.
true enough. If that works for you, do it like that. > [...] The routing is only complicated if the endpoint is on a router or some > other device. Unfortunately, that is probably the normal case, the point being remote connections via the internet. You won't *usually* have your BackupPC server on your firewall (or router, if you don't have a firewall), though there might be instances where you do. Well, you could port-forward the VPN traffic from your router/firewall to the BackupPC server. If you're only using the VPN for BackupPC, that doesn't sound unreasonable. If, however, you're using it for general access to your home network, well, you're basically back to "running the BackupPC server on your firewall", even if it might not look like it ... Regards, Holger ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot _______________________________________________ BackupPC-users mailing list [email protected] List: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki: http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/
