I've used a cable modem as a vpn server with no problems.
I have also connected to this server over the 'net from a Win95 laptop
(with a 33.6K modem, no less). I suspect that this reviewer has got
confused somewhere, as available bandwidth merely determines speed, not
if it'll work at all. The only possible problem I can see is that MS
PPTP likes using GRE which doesn't seem to work well through NAT and
might present problems for the M10.

Dan Langille wrote:
>
> In Risks Digest 20.80, there is a review of "Virtual Private Networking"
> by Bruce Perlmutter/Jonathan Zarkower. The third paragraph of this
> review contains this:
>
> "(I would note that the authors suggest cable modems and Digital
> Subscriber Line [DSL] technologies can be used in conjunction with
> VPNs in order to create a high speed connection between offices. It
> should be pointed out that both cable systems and the most common
> form of DSL have an inherent asymmetry of bandwidth that prevents this
> usage.)"
>
> I am aware of the different upload/download speeds on DSL lines. But I
> see no reason why this would prevent a link. Surely the link would
> merely be at the slower (upload) speed. Is the reviewer ("Rob Slade"
> <rslade@sprint.ca>) wrong?
>
> cheers
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