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Macminicolo.net is the leader in colocating Mac minis to be used as servers. We've put together this site for those considering a Mac mini as their own dedicated server. Please let us know how we can help.

Mac OS X comes with a nice VPN server built in. If you use Leopard Server, you’ll have a nice GUI to set it up. But, if you use regular Leopard, it is a bit more difficult. Luckily there are some great apps out there that make it easy.

If you don’t have a static ip address on your Mac server, HamachiX makes it possible to still find the VPN server. This uses a third party server to help the two machines to find each other.

Of course, if you are setting up a VPN, you’re probably interested in security and would rather not have a third party server involved. Well, if your Mac server has a static ip address (or at least a nice updated DNS service) then you can use the great iVPN to setup your Virtual Private Network. Just put in the user/password combo, choose an ip address range to use, and then fire up the server. It works great.