Home Lab Remote Access

Hey guys, I am trying to figure out a solution to be able to telnet to my home lab, I am thinking vpn, ssh via http is also an option for me, I've thought about the following devices.

Adito VPN
VPN on a 2611 XM Router (No idea if this is even possible)
Access Router (I have not used this yet, but I need minimum 16, it looks like a pretty good solution especially if I am continously blowing the router/switch configs, if I remote to a host then I'm good)
ASA Firewall/VPN (Not sure if the smaller model supports anyconnect)

Any feedback is appreciated, the only challenge here is my FIOS internet, I have to use whatever modem is supplied to me, and the port forwarding on the supplied router gave me problems before.

Thanks!

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ColbyG

I have a Linux server that I SSH to at home, from there I can jump to whatever.

BroadcastStorm

ColbyG wrote: »

I have a Linux server that I SSH to at home, from there I can jump to whatever.

Do you also use access server router once your connected? I am assuming that you create a port forwarding to your linux server, and use the public IP to ssh directly to you linux box? And how do you deal with power consumption do you have the ability to remotely power on/off devices?

I currently have Ubuntu Lucid on one of my laptop, my goal is to also host a blog on the same box.

kryolla

my isp blocks the well known ports so I changed the default port to a higher port number and foward it to my access server via nat. Dont forget to put a route from your access server out it will save you a lot of troubleshooting lol. I didnt setup ssh as I dont care if anybody sniffs the data.

ColbyG

BroadcastStorm wrote: »

Do you also use access server router once your connected? I am assuming that you create a port forwarding to your linux server, and use the public IP to ssh directly to you linux box? And how do you deal with power consumption do you have the ability to remotely power on/off devices?

I currently have Ubuntu Lucid on one of my laptop, my goal is to also host a blog on the same box.

I have an access server, but I rarely use my physical lab. I use Dynamips more than anything else. And yep, I forwarded the ports to my Linux server to allow SSH externally.

BroadcastStorm

ColbyG wrote: »

I have an access server, but I rarely use my physical lab. I use Dynamips more than anything else. And yep, I forwarded the ports to my Linux server to allow SSH externally.

How many devices can an access server support simultaneously? not that I want to run that many, but need to know price diff. of 8 and possibly 16 devices.

Are majority of you paying subscription to your blog site? I want to preserve the name to not be associated with 3rd parties.

ColbyG

It depends on what you want to spend, look at your options. 2509 or 2511 from Cisco.

mathelize

I use a 1721 router as a remote access vpn server and my Internet router with nat. I've got a domain name and use dnsexit to resolve the name. You don't have to buy a domain name. When I'm connected to the vpn I can telnet to my access server and then to any router in my lab. You can also use window server 2003, 2008 or windows XP as vpn servers. Whichever choose should be fine. The advantage of a router over a computer is, you don't have to leave the computer on.

ConstantlyLearning

At the moment, I tunnel through an SSH server on a linux box.

keenon

I use adito and port forwarding on home router. I have had mine running close to a year like a champ

QHalo

My 2511 ran me ~$250 from Candela Network on eBay.

BroadcastStorm

Can I host wordpress at home?

I used sharepoint before but it's too much for what I need...

QHalo

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yup

BroadcastStorm

QHalo wrote: »

Steps to Hosting Your Own WordPress Blog | Rain City Guide
Hack Attack: Set up and host a blog on your home computer

yup

Great!!!

I got everything I need now, thanks so much guys, now I just need to research an APC solution to be able to power on/off my equipments...

miller811

I use logmein for free to access my home system. From there I can run GNS3, or access any physical hardware via a 3rd party terminal server I have in place.

tiersten

If you host Wordpress yourself then make sure that its always up to date. There have been numerous security issues and bugs with Wordpress and it is vital that you keep on top of all updates and fixes.

Does your ISP allow you to host servers at home? Quite a few of them have clauses in their acceptable usage policies which forbid web servers unless you have a "business" class connection. Another thing to consider is the speed of your uplink. You'll be sharing that with everybody that is viewing your site.

BroadcastStorm

tiersten wrote: »

If you host Wordpress yourself then make sure that its always up to date. There have been numerous security issues and bugs with Wordpress and it is vital that you keep on top of all updates and fixes.

Does your ISP allow you to host servers at home? Quite a few of them have clauses in their acceptable usage policies which forbid web servers unless you have a "business" class connection. Another thing to consider is the speed of your uplink. You'll be sharing that with everybody that is viewing your site.

Hi Tiersten, thank you for your response, I have FIOS don't remember exactly my bandwidth speed.

I have hosted a sharepoint before, on port 80, so hopefuly the ISP (Verizon) still have ports opened.

Do you know if I can configure wordpress for Linux?

I am leaning towards installing/configuring ssh server on Ubuntu Server, hopefuly the requirement is not that high, since I want to host this on a small factor desktop, along with the blog site.

Bl8ckr0uter

BroadcastStorm wrote: »

Hi Tiersten, thank you for your response, I have FIOS don't remember exactly my bandwidth speed.

I have hosted a sharepoint before, on port 80, so hopefuly the ISP (Verizon) still have ports opened.

Do you know if I can configure wordpress for Linux?

I am leaning towards installing/configuring ssh server on Ubuntu Server, hopefuly the requirement is not that high, since I want to host this on a small factor desktop, along with the blog site.

Download WordPress 3.0.1 for Linux - State-of-the-art semantic personal publishing platform! - Softpedia

BroadcastStorm

BroadcastStorm wrote: »

Hi Tiersten, thank you for your response, I have FIOS don't remember exactly my bandwidth speed.

I have hosted a sharepoint before, on port 80, so hopefuly the ISP (Verizon) still have ports opened.

Do you know if I can configure wordpress for Linux?

I am leaning towards installing/configuring ssh server on Ubuntu Server, hopefuly the requirement is not that high, since I want to host this on a small factor desktop, along with the blog site.

SSH/Blog Site/VPN/Media Center :P

BroadcastStorm

Thanks guys this site is great, so much informations and idea!!!

BroadcastStorm

This does the trick if you want to host your own Wordpress - Installing WordPress 3.0 on Ubuntu 10.04 (Lucid Lynx)|Ubuntu Geek

The SSH server on Ubuntu works very nicely, all I need is a port forwarding and should be done...