Originally Posted by
kb9522
I want to add a VPN appliance to my home network so that I can tunnel in while on the road. I have some file servers etc. on my LAN that would be useful to access securely. I'm not comfortable opening these up to the WAN with FTP or the like.
Plus I've been considering getting PS Vue. It has some restrictions about needing to be on your home network both periodically and to access RSNs.
Unfortunately, many ISPs do not permit this unless you pay for business service.
I know that it would be completely impossible for me without some third party company providing an intermediate to make it work. It's not merely against their terms of service (home users shall not run servers) but you simply can't reach 10.x.x.x addresses from outside.
Simple test: Open a command prompt and type: "tracert www.google.com" (without the quotes). Look to the right. You may get 4 numbers, you may get a name followed by 4 numbers in brackets. Chances are the first line will be 192.168.x.x. If the second is 10.x.x.x your system is unreachable from outside.