VPN with no static public IP
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I have a friend who runs a small company and has an ISP (wireless) that cannot provide a public IP for them. It is rural and there are zero other choices for providers at the moment. They need a small VPN solution for 1 to 5 employees. Minimal usage as it will be used for invoices, etc. No large files or graphics. I thought about a VPS with OpenVPN but they need simple. Again, they are a small company and do not have an IT staff. Is Zerotier still a logical choice for them? I am leaning towards it as a solution but thought I may gather some input from the brain trust here.
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ZeroTier would be the logical choice, yes.
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Never hurts for me to confirm my logic on here. Thanks.
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Do they use Active Directory at all?
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Yes. Server 2012 Essentials (IIRC). Single physical server. It is a cheap Dell T320. Not a good setup but I don't know who sold it to them or did the install. Less than 10 users.
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I wish I could convince them to go lan-less and use nextcloud but they are using Quickbooks Elite??? or something of the sort. Its a step above the "Pro" I believe. They have a custom piece of software that ties MS Access to QB.
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@brandon220 said in VPN with no static public IP:
I wish I could convince them to go lan-less and use nextcloud but they are using Quickbooks Elite??? or something of the sort. Its a step above the "Pro" I believe. They have a custom piece of software that ties MS Access to QB.
Quickbooks, just shoot me now. Quickbooks itself is bad enough, but Intuit as a company is even worse. Guess it's fight the battle you have a chance of winning.
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@travisdh1 I know. I have the hardest time convincing people to just try something else. I use Xero and love it. I also used Wave for a while to become familiar with it.
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@brandon220 said in VPN with no static public IP:
Yes. Server 2012 Essentials (IIRC). Single physical server. It is a cheap Dell T320. Not a good setup but I don't know who sold it to them or did the install. Less than 10 users.
You could remove that. AD + VPN can be a huge pain.
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@brandon220 said in VPN with no static public IP:
They have a custom piece of software that ties MS Access to QB.
HAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHA
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@brandon220 said in VPN with no static public IP:
No large files or graphics
This goes directly against how QuickBooks works.
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I use my ERL at home with dynamic DNS service from afraid.org and a L2TP with IPSEC configuration.
I can connect to that natively from iOS, Windows, and Linux. I assume from Android and macOS also, but haven't tested.
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@brandon220 said in VPN with no static public IP:
I wish I could convince them to go lan-less and use nextcloud but they are using Quickbooks Elite??? or something of the sort. Its a step above the "Pro" I believe. They have a custom piece of software that ties MS Access to QB.
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@scottalanmiller said in VPN with no static public IP:
@brandon220 said in VPN with no static public IP:
I wish I could convince them to go lan-less and use nextcloud but they are using Quickbooks Elite??? or something of the sort. Its a step above the "Pro" I believe. They have a custom piece of software that ties MS Access to QB.
You have enjoyed using that one today, lol.
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@dafyre it's a good one.
