Melville
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Dont know much about this but my work want to have the facility to work from home. Basically they want to access everything as if they were sitting at there office desk. Is this possible? Were running Windows server 2003 if that helps. I will be getting someone in to do it so dont need to know exactly how to do it but wouldnt mind knowing a bit about it so I dont sound thick when I talk to someone about doing it.
Cheers Mark 
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Ally
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Yes, can be done thou msn as well
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Melville
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We have some programs that required a maped drive. Is this also possible??
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willay
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depends what services you need to access matey.
Look into VPN.
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Tim
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As willay says. VPN. The exact setup will depend on whether your company has a multiple public IPs, what routers/firewalls you're using, etc, etc.
VPN will basically make the home computer appear as if it's on the company LAN.
[Edited on 04-03-2005 by Tim]
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TNM
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quote:
Originally posted by Ally
Yes, can be done thou msn as well
Ally you dont know do you? 
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TNM
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VPN is one way but remote desktop is another way.
If you have broadband at home then its sorted.
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Melville
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Thats exactly what we want Tim. We dont even have a static Ip at the moment so that is something Im looking into. Whats this multiple public Ip thing you speak of?? 
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Tim
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Easiest solution would be a dsl router that supported vpn. I assume the company isn't very big by the fact you're running on dsl and you haven't got VPN already, so it should be fine for a few people.
I use a draytek 2600g router at home which support vpn dial-in. The person then effective joins the LAN and you can do everything you need.
Or if you wanna go the software route, look at Windowx routing/remote-access for vpn and possible Microsoft ISA server if you wanna be a bit more secure
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willay
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Melville ever thought about getting someone onboard who knows what they are doing?
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Tim
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BT Openworld do offer static IPs, but I think you need a business package...
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willay
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quote:
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BT Openworld do offer static IPs, but I think you need a business package...
correct.
but BT broadband also had major connectivity issues which caused a few remote offices to blip offline
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Tim
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quote:
Originally posted by willay
Melville ever thought about getting someone onboard who knows what they are doing?
Or outsourcing IT to a local (non-cowboy as they're very common) IT company?
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sukhwant
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use vnc www.realvnc.com
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Tim
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VNC sucks
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Melville
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I'll take the easiest solution thanks lol. I think we have a DSL router with VPN support. Its a linksis cable/dsl firewall router. If you go into the setup it has something in there about VPN??
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willay
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VNC means port forwarding, and lots of other unprofessional GAYISM
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willay
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quote:
Originally posted by Tim
quote:
Originally posted by willay
Melville ever thought about getting someone onboard who knows what they are doing?
Or outsourcing IT to a local (non-cowboy as they're very common) IT company?
better to give some poor sucker a job imho  but yeah.
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Melville
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quote:
Originally posted by Tim
quote:
Originally posted by willay
Melville ever thought about getting someone onboard who knows what they are doing?
Or outsourcing IT to a local (non-cowboy as they're very common) IT company?
I already said I wouldnt be doing it myself but I like to know whats going and what I should be asking for
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Tim
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VPN support doesn't necessarily mean VPN dial-in endpoint, which is what you need. What model router is it?
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Melville
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2 secs will go and see
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willay
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AFAIK it means VPN pass-through, such as it supports an application such as the cisco vpn client to connect through the router and contact a peer.
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Melville
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BEFSX41
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Nismo
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if your on a budget you could allways download VNC and see how you get on with that.
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Tim
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But VNC sucks compared to microsoft remote desktop. VNC is so laggy, where as the RD protocol is a bit more intelligent 
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