[TriLUG] VPN (router) recommendation

[John Vaughters]

I've been buying NetGear WNR2000 refurb N routers for $20-30 at Tiger here locally. Then loading dd-wrt, which is an embedded linux firmware. What I like best about it is I can use it just like any other linux device and with ssh, I can set up firewall rules on the fly. I used to use smoothwall with old computers, but I just got tired of fighting the old hardware. 
 
With this set up you can set up a VPN with Windows very easily, but mainly I prefer to do everything with ssh and forwarded X. Unfortuanately that does not work well on Windows, so VPN is still a great option. You can also create a local hotspot where the routers are networked together via wireless mesh network. Although I have not had to do that with the N router.
 
 
> Good Evening Trilug,
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> I am looking for a recommendation for a router, specifically for the purpose of providing VPN access for one to six users.  I would like to find something in stock locally (tomorrow), at a price point of about ~$200 or less.  It will be used to connect to a VLAN with DHCP, mostly via Window's clients because of dependency on IE. Ideally, users will be able to authenticate to the Windows domain, though I am not sure off hand how this would work.
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> Any suggestions or recommendations would be really appreciated.
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