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    • Lakshmana
      Lakshmana last edited by

      What is Direct Access?Where it is used?
      What is the difference between Direct Access and VPN?
      Whether VPN is better than Direct Access

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      • scottalanmiller
        scottalanmiller @Lakshmana last edited by

        @Lakshmana said:

        What is Direct Access?Where it is used?

        It is a Microsoft IPv6 based VPN. It is used very infrequently and mostly in rather large companies but only those with a pure Windows environment.

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        • scottalanmiller
          scottalanmiller @Lakshmana last edited by

          @Lakshmana said:

          What is the difference between Direct Access and VPN?

          None, it IS a VPN.

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          • scottalanmiller
            scottalanmiller @Lakshmana last edited by

            @Lakshmana said:

            Whether VPN is better than Direct Access

            Same thing, so no.

            Other VPNs are generally better simply because they are much cheaper and cross platform. Few, if any, VPN options are as limiting and expensive as Direct Access.

            OpenVPN, ZeroTier, standard IPSec are all far more flexible and are all completely free.

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            • C
              Carnival Boy last edited by

              DirectAccess was free when I looked at it a couple of years ago. You did need Enterprise licences on the Windows clients though.

              It did look quite good, but we could never get it working, so switched to Hamachi instead.

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              • scottalanmiller
                scottalanmiller @Carnival Boy last edited by

                @Carnival-Boy said:

                DirectAccess was free when I looked at it a couple of years ago. You did need Enterprise licences on the Windows clients though.

                Which is very expensive.

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                • scottalanmiller
                  scottalanmiller last edited by

                  Quick look on CDW suggests that Direct Access starts at about $300 per machine. That adds up FAST.

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                  • scottalanmiller
                    scottalanmiller @Carnival Boy last edited by

                    @Carnival-Boy said:

                    It did look quite good, but we could never get it working, so switched to Hamachi instead.

                    And the whole selling point is supposed to be ease of use!

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                    • Dashrender
                      Dashrender @scottalanmiller last edited by

                      @scottalanmiller said:

                      @Carnival-Boy said:

                      DirectAccess was free when I looked at it a couple of years ago. You did need Enterprise licences on the Windows clients though.

                      Which is very expensive.

                      Agreed - that means it's about as expensive as you can get. Not just upgrading one piece of equipment (the firewall) instead you have to upgrade every Windows device that will use it.

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                      • scottalanmiller
                        scottalanmiller @Dashrender last edited by

                        @Dashrender said:

                        Agreed - that means it's about as expensive as you can get. Not just upgrading one piece of equipment (the firewall) instead you have to upgrade every Windows device that will use it.

                        And you are stuck with Windows, you need it everywhere. Those Macs, Linux machines, NAS devices and more are all cut off. You lose a lot of options.

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