Originally posted by ShandyDrinker
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+1 for the Drayteks, very good pieces of kit, especially if you're used to some of the tat from companies such as Belkin.
LogMeIn is very good, but it's no different to PC Anywhere in the sense that it's purpose is to allow you to control a remote machine via it's desktop. It requires installation on any target machine you want to access.
Hamachi, is a software VPN solution but again, you'd have to install a Hamachi client on a machine and leave this up. Its method of operation relies on a central mediation server (operated by LogMeIn) so some information is sent to them.
The best thing about having the VPN in the router is (for my mind) the ease of setup and the fact that, well, if your router is down, network access for the rest of your devices is a moot point anyway. Whereas, if your machine/image running OpenVPN has a brain fart, then that's your lot, unless you can somehow get it rebooted/restarted by a watchdog process of some kind.
BTW, if you do get a VPN up and running, when accessing a Windows machine, look to use Remote Desktop instead. You'll find the performance better since it can switch off/ignore certain features (like background bitmaps etc) depending on how you configure it.
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