# VPN on XP PRO?

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/vpn-on-xp-pro/65390>\
**Category:** random\
**Created:** [September 25, 2004, 8:55pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/vpn-on-xp-pro/65390 "2004-09-25T20:55:12Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
**Page:** 1

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![simpleSoft](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8baadc/32.png) [@simpleSoft](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/simpleSoft)\
**Post date:** [September 25, 2004, 8:55pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/vpn-on-xp-pro/65390/1 "2004-09-25T20:55:12Z")

</div>

Hey this might be crazy but I want to be able to share some files with my parents computer. Is there a way I could allow her to VPN/WAN to my computer? I basically would like the end result to be something like a LAN where we can share folders, but we are not in the same house! Any help would be awsome!

We both are running XP Pro…and have a Static IP from our Cable provider?

Perhaps someone could explain the differences between VPN and WAN? Or is it that a VPN is a type of WAN!? :puzzle: :puzzled:

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [September 26, 2004, 6:52pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/vpn-on-xp-pro/65390/2 "2004-09-26T18:52:54Z")

</div>

a VPN (Virtual Private Network) is a type of technology that lets you “route” (so to speak) one network through another securely - my dad works at Oracle and he uses it all the time to connect for email and things.

If you just want to share files, I’d look into ftp or http and a free .info domain 🙂 VPNs are really more for the corporate dudes.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [September 26, 2004, 7:20pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/vpn-on-xp-pro/65390/3 "2004-09-26T19:20:13Z")

</div>

^what he said -

while you could technically do it - the setup and scope is way beyond what you are after -

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [September 26, 2004, 7:20pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/vpn-on-xp-pro/65390/4 "2004-09-26T19:20:45Z")

</div>

Ok well then could it perhaps be explained for my own edification in the subject? 🙂