@Dashrender said in Suggestions on a VPN Solution:

Granted I probably wouldn't use the ER-X in a 15+ user environment

Oh I only bought one on your recommendation

How does the IT department handle fonts? In my case, the answer is badly or not at all.

I've never really understood how to manage and handle the licencing of fonts. Where to buy them from? If you need to buy them? What your licence covers? We buy software packages that come with fonts, but are these fonts usage restricted?

An example case. A user receives an Adobe InDesign document from a third-party and wants to work on that document. The document uses Helvetica because the third-party uses Macs. I believe I have to buy this from Linotype.com. It's around $1500. That seems expensive. Is there a better way.

If I do buy it, how to manage it from an auditing point of view? Is there an easy way to ensure compliance?

I also have users (so called "graphic designers") who insist on using obscure fonts which causes chaos. There are hundreds of Windows fonts they could use for free. Why can't they? Why can't they just use Arial (or Calibri) for everything like normal users? /rant

I hate them. If I had my way everyone would just use Courier New for everything.

Any tips would be appreciated.

So don't have your ER-X handle switching.

Why not?

@JaredBusch said in Considering a New VPN:

@scottalanmiller said in Considering a New VPN:

@Carnival-Boy said in Considering a New VPN:

Yeah, I need hub and spoke really. But that's not too difficult to setup on ZeroTier is it?

ZeroTier doesn't offer hub and spoke at all. It's pure SDN / mesh.

This is not true, ZeroTier has gateway functionality.
https://www.zerotier.com/community/topic/5/bridging-ethernet-to-zerotier-virtual-networks-on-linux

Thanks. I had a vague recollection that it could.

@Dashrender said in Considering a New VPN:

can it be changed in such a way to make VPNs not needed anymore?

Yes, it can. But not as easily as implementing a new VPN.

Thanks. Looks like OpenVPN on an EdgeRouter FTW then. Is it easy to set up?

Would there be an argument for not using hub and spoke and using ZeroTier?

Yeah, I need hub and spoke really. But that's not too difficult to setup on ZeroTier is it?

I'm looking for something that is simple to set-up (VPNs are way out of my area of expertise), robust, and has a very friendly user experience. Hamachi would be perfect apart from the robustness.

I'm assuming security is not an issue as all modern mainstream solutions are satisfactorily secure.

I guess I've never particularly required a very large skill set. How big is NTG and how do you cope with your size limitations?

I tend to prefer working with small IT companies, and these tend to struggle a bit with covering areas outside of their locality.

OK. I wasn't sure of your definition of local.

Why does locality not matter? Surely that depends on the type of IT services you're needing?

@Dashrender said in WTF I AM DOING WRONG (VPN edition) ?:

As for VPN - If you really need traditional VPN, Find out if your current router/firewall can do it. If not, replace it with a EdgeRouter.

I'm considering switcing to either ZeroTier or using my EdgeRouter to replace our current VPN which is getting a bit flakey on Windows 10 (Hamachi). What are the relative merits of both? Is there an obvious choice on which to choose? We have about 30 remote users needing to connect to our LAN. If the EdgeRouter, would you install OpenVPN or something else?

Screw Wikipedia, there's only one way to determine the correct pronunciation - next time I see her, I'm going to ask the Queen how she pronounces it.

I put everything in as I find it a useful log of my time. It's also useful to know that it's the 37th time Sue from Accounts has forgotten her password in the last 10 years.

OK, I'll return to this thread in 15 years time and remind you all I was right.

Like I said above, a smaller piece of a massively growing pie can still be a pretty huge piece of pie and be seen as a strength (not a weakness) for Microsoft.

I don't disagree with what you say about profits, although there's a risk that increased competition will squeeze them.

But I don't see how operating systems are a weakness - over 400m devices running Windows 10 so far?