Portable Vpn Solution

[G-Stress]

So putty is excellent for on the go/portable ssh, but is there a VPN alternative? For example let's say I have a windows box ready to accept PPTP connections, instead of having a friend, the client configure a VPN connection via windows built in utility is there a app/portable solution that will connect to a PPTP, L2TP, etc. VPN?

I'm not looking for any webservice soltions such as hamachi or nothing like that. Just a simple downloadable executable that will do all the work so all the user needs to really do is enter in the server address and credentials.

Thanks in advance.

[Infiltrator]

Try OpenVPN, I've used it before and its very easy to set up and establish a connection. The only downside is that only supports two concurrent users, if you need more users, you will need to buy a license and its quite cheaper than Microsoft own licenses.

[G-Stress]

I use OpenVPN myself via Untanle. I love how easy and seamless that is to setup and connect. However installing OpenVPN on a box alone I've never gotten it to work. Also I would need more then 2 simultaneous connections at a time. I'm surprised there's not an app available for this. I checked portableapps.com with no luck did a little googling. I'm shocked actually.

The goal here is to make life easy on the client side, have then execute an app, maybe type in a username and pass and click connect. Without having them setup the connection manually.

[Infiltrator]

I use OpenVPN myself via Untanle. I love how easy and seamless that is to setup and connect. However installing OpenVPN on a box alone I've never gotten it to work. Also I would need more then 2 simultaneous connections at a time. I'm surprised there's not an app available for this. I checked portableapps.com with no luck did a little googling. I'm shocked actually.

The goal here is to make life easy on the client side, have then execute an app, maybe type in a username and pass and click connect. Without having them setup the connection manually.

You can do that with OpenVPN too, if I remember correctly for the first time you have to run a small exe app on the client side, once its installed you double click on the shortcut it creates on the desktop and it then prompts you for a username and password.

But in order to install the exe app, you have to visit your openvpn server webpage, download the app and install it manually. But once installed its a one off thing, you don't have to go through this process twice.