VPN - What is the complexity involved setting one up across less than a dozen machines?

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Published on 2009-10-27T04:06:11Z Indexed on 2010/04/03 23:03 UTC
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Hello, I have never set up and configured a VPN. I was wondering what it takes to set one up across windows server 2008 servers. What is the complexity involved? How complicated is it to configure? Do I need to set up a Domain controller as a pre-requisite?

I am asking because it appears SQL Server 2008 merge replication can only be set up over the internet using VPN and I am trying to gauge what I am up against.

Thanks a lot.

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