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[chopsueyar]

When I read the original article, I thought "Why can't every consumer have this who has home broadband?"

I'm sure comcast would not like it, and the dynamic ip issue.

[ronnier → chopsueyar]

I use the router to solve the dynamic IP issue. It updates to http://www.dyndns.com when my IP address changes.

[tpahax0r → ronnier]

That is a great option for people who have a dd-wrt/tomato/etc. compatible wireless device.

The goal of the post was for folks who don't already have a solution setup and to get people familiar with EC2 now that it has a Free Tier and see some of the "not so obvious" things we can do with.

[chopsueyar → tpahax0r]

The goal of the post was to drive traffic to the blog, and then to the main consultancy site.

Otherwise, the goal of the post was to generate dicussion in places such as HN.

Also, you are referencing the parent comment in response to RDP protocol tunneling only, fyi.

...and your account was created an hour after the original comment.

Just seems strange to create an account and then tell us the goal of the article.

[Ixiaus → tpahax0r]

You don't need to have dd-wrt. I've got a used corporate firewall (which also works as a router) it has built in VPN and built in support for updating to DynDNS... I bought it for 80 dollars, not too far off from vanilla routers - I did have to pair it with an access point, so costs aren't completely comparable.