RE: Remote Connectivity -- PCTECH

Joe

Put a VPN appliance, say, from LinkSys inside your DSL router (also called a 
DSL modem? A Cisco 725 of some such?). Set up the LinbkSys to get its address 
automatically (DHCP) from your DSL Internet provider. Then have the LinkSys act 
as a DHCP server to your internal network. No need to make changes, AFAIK.

LinkSys has an older one that can handle up to 70 connections and also is a 
router. 

HTH
Vern

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> > From: Jones, John (US) 
> > 
> > 1: Get a router that supports VPN connections. They aren't that 
> > expensive; I think they can be had for under $250. 
> 
> Not an option. I already have a DSL router from my DSL vendor, and I 
> don't particularly want to play with that in order to add VPN; that 
> means every time my vendor upgrades my router, I have to reconfigure 
> VPN. It's enough of a pain to get my NAT reconfigured. I'd rather go 
> the software route for the time being. 
> 
> 
> > 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. 
> 
> As it turns out, UltraVNC works fine. My biggest complaint is that it's 
> an utter CPU hog on the server machine, which means that running WDSC 
> through the remote link is not a real option. But everything else is 
> cool. 
> 
> 
> > 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. 
> 
> There are a number of reasons I can't do this. There are some programs 
> which run on my desktop which can't be loaded onto my laptop. I also 
> have some pretty tight locks on what addresses can get into things, and 
> I'd prefer not to open them up to the laptop. 
> 
> Last but not least, it's nice to be able to run something on my PC to 
> compare it to something at a remote site and see the two side by side, 
> as it were. 
> 
> Joe 
> 
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