RE: Remote Connectivity -- PCTECH

1: Get a router that supports VPN connections.  They aren't that
expensive; I think they can be had for under $250.

2: Remote desktop should work fine IF you have terminal services on your
W2K server or you're content with connecting to an XP PC.  W2K Server
comes with a license for 2 TS connections, but I don't think W2K Pro
does.  I'm not sure about XP Home (XP Pro allows the incoming remote
desktop connection).  Your travel machine is fine.  That leaves some
variant of VNC as probably the most logical choice.

Also, if you VPN in, can't you just work on your travel machine & upload
results over the VPN?  That would eliminate the need for VNC/remote
desktop/terminal services.  While your travel machine may not have
equivalent performance to your desktop(s), eliminating the remote
control overhead may balance out the performance.

John A. Jones, CISSP
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-----Original Message-----
From: Joe Pluta [mailto:joepluta@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] 
Sent: Thursday, March 24, 2005 9:43 AM
To: 'PC Technical Discussion for iSeries Users'
Subject: [PCTECH] Remote Connectivity

I'm looking for remote connectivity software.  The question has been
asked before, but I'm wondering if there has been any change in the
world lately.  Note: I'm looking for software to connect securely to my
LAN, and also I'm trying to find something that I can use as a remote
control.

The primary goal is to be able to use WDSC and Telnet over the
connection.  That seems to me to require just a VPN.  Once I've got a
full VPN connection to my home machine, I should be able to run WDSC,
Telnet, whatever I need, right?  The second thing, though, is to be able
to run some software that lives on my desktop.

So, on to the questions:

Question 1:  What is the easiest way to create a VPN tunnel to my home
machine?  At this time, my network servers primarily run W2K Pro, and my
traveling machine has XP Home.


Question 2: Then there's remote control.  The more I think about it, the
less I actually need it, but I still want to look into it.

First, has anybody tried using the Remote Desktop Connection that is
supplied with Windows XP Pro?  That in and of itself might be enough for
me to set up a small XP-Pro machine here, which I could also use for
learning .NET.  Anybody manage to use a client over the Internet?  Over
a slow connection? 

There are a number of other packages out there that seem to allow remote
access.  One is TIghtVNC, another is UltraVNC.  Tons of others.  Any
recommendations?


Joe


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