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MrMaxwell · 04-26-2011, 10:25 AM

My sister has 40M cable service at her house, here at the hotel I am staying at they have what the staff calls a "T2" and all of the rooms SHARE it. Most of the time I can get "1.0 if I'm lucky" and I'm down to .04M at peak times (loading a simple page can take 30 seconds!!)

So what I want to know, is, can I take my computer to her house, put it in the basement, and set up a VPN thing on it, then use her internet connection, from here?

I thought maybe I'd put in a switch so she could reboot the thing for me if I ever need to, without going down there. My machines always go 30 or so days between reboots anyway..

Is that what VPNs do?
Or should I use some desktop sharing/remote management app? The only one I ever used was crossloop, and it was slower than all hell!!! And it wasn't solid, it froze up A-LOT. Just won't work at all for this..

How much bandwidth do I need to use a remote machine? When this connection gets real slow, I doubt I'd even be able to see/control the remote box...

Any ideas?

04-26-2011, 10:25 AM
MrMaxwell Too lazy to set a custom title Industry Role: Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 10,057	Can I use a VPN to share an internet connection? My sister has 40M cable service at her house, here at the hotel I am staying at they have what the staff calls a "T2" and all of the rooms SHARE it. Most of the time I can get "1.0 if I'm lucky" and I'm down to .04M at peak times (loading a simple page can take 30 seconds!!) So what I want to know, is, can I take my computer to her house, put it in the basement, and set up a VPN thing on it, then use her internet connection, from here? I thought maybe I'd put in a switch so she could reboot the thing for me if I ever need to, without going down there. My machines always go 30 or so days between reboots anyway.. Is that what VPNs do? Or should I use some desktop sharing/remote management app? The only one I ever used was crossloop, and it was slower than all hell!!! And it wasn't solid, it froze up A-LOT. Just won't work at all for this.. How much bandwidth do I need to use a remote machine? When this connection gets real slow, I doubt I'd even be able to see/control the remote box... Any ideas?