Re: Connect to i from home

[Dave <dfx1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I didn't get the cloning bit
Clone myself or do the cloning myself?

Charles Wilt <charles.wilt@xxxxxxxxx> schrieb am Do., 8. Okt. 2020, 21:18:

> If you have a licensed copy of RDi at home, you should be able to legally*
> install it on your work PC.
>
> Most copies of RDi are licensed by named user.  As long as you don't clone
> yourself and use both copies at once, legally* you are good.
>
> Other option is concurrent user license and requires an IBM license
> server.  Again, if you're only running 1 copy at a time, you're good.
>
> *note I am not a lawyer...just my understanding. ;)
>
> Charles
>
>
> On Wed, Oct 7, 2020 at 3:30 PM Dave <dfx1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > Sorry I should have said RDi, wasn't it RDP for a while? You know, the
> WDSC
> > thing!
> > We use RDS to connect to the PC in the office. As I said, I don't have
> RDi
> > on my office PC and I want to use a version installed on my laptop at
> home
> > I'll ask about the VPN
> >
> > Mark Waterbury <mark.s.waterbury@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> schrieb am Mi., 7. Okt.
> > 2020, 22:29:
> >
> > > Dave,
> > >
> > > Normally, most companies require use of a VPN for connecting from home,
> > > for security reasons, so that should take care of any "firewall"
> issues,
> > as
> > > once connected via VPN, you are virtually "inside the corporate
> > firewall."
> > > And then, you should be able to connect WDSCi or RDi etc., normally,
> just
> > > like when you are "on site."
> > >
> > > I hope that helps,
> > >
> > > All the best,
> > >
> > > Mark S. Waterbury
> > >
> > >  > On Wednesday, October 7, 2020, 4:17:37 PM EDT, Dave <
> > > dfx1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > Does anyone use Rdp on a laptop at home to connect to the i at work? I
> > can
> > > connect to my PC at the office, but our shop doesn't have RDP so I want
> > to
> > > try on my own computer. I'm guessing that this is not going to be easy.
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