Re: Remote office

From: Merv Porter [SBS-MVP] (mwport_at_no_spam_hotmail.com)
Date: 09/26/04 

Date: Sun, 26 Sep 2004 12:15:20 -0500

I'm out of my element here with Linux systems. If I understand, you need to
continually monitor the Linux system while, at the same time, allowing the
remote employee to access the SBS system at the home office. If you set up
routers at each office and create a demand dial VPN between them, you'd have
a single tunnel to send/receive all traffic between the two offices. Then,
I *think* you might be able to use something like POPTOP for the VPN to the
Linux.

Poptop - The PPTP Server for Linux
http://www.poptop.org/ 

-- 
Merv  Porter  [SBS MVP]
===================================
"Dave Claxon" <maintenance@NOSPAM.fitcen.bogus.com> wrote in message
news:ev8WM%239oEHA.3428@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> Merv,
>
> That is actually what the original plan had been, until we decided on a
> security system that runs on its own computer (Linux, but that's a
different
> problem), and that is the one we need to monitor from home office. So
while
> there will only be one employee at a time, there will be more than one
> computer. It seems the easiest way to connect both computers is to make
the
> VPN from a server. (If there's an easier way to connect one Windoze
> workstation and one Linux at the same time, I'm open to suggestions.)
Which
> then leasd to the possibility of a third computer, to avoid using the
server
> as a workstation. Which then brings us back to mu original question, if we
> have a server at the remote office, can it be a backup domain controller
to
> the SBS at the main office?
>
> Thanks,
> Dave
>
> "Merv Porter [SBS-MVP]" <mwport@no_spam_hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:%234vKDInoEHA.1988@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> > If there's only going to be one person at a time in the remote office,
why
> > not set up a WinXP Pro workstation in the main office and dedicate it
for
> > remtoe office use only?  You'd only need one workstation at the remote
> > office and an Internet connection.  Then VPN into the main office and
fire
> > up an RDC session with the dedicated WinXP machine and remote control it
> > from there.  Again, everything will be done on the LAN and you'd have
> > centralized administration of data, backups, etc.
> >
> > -- 
> > Merv  Porter  [SBS MVP]
> > ===================================
> > "Dave Claxon" <maintenance@NOSPAM.fitcen.bogus.com> wrote in message
> > news:ebGgrtloEHA.2304@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
> >> Merv,
> >>
> >> Thanks for the answer, but I don't think performance will really be an
> > issue
> >> in this case, because I don't think there will be that much traffic.
> > Remote
> >> office will only be staffed part time, only one person at a time, and
not
> > a
> >> lot of computer use will be part of their job. Occaisional e-mail, and
> > when
> >> a member comes in they will need to log in to the member database at
the
> >> main office. Mainly we will need to connect from the main office to
check
> >> the computer that will run the security system at the remote office.
> >>
> >> Dave
> >>
> >> "Merv Porter [SBS-MVP]" <mwport@no_spam_hotmail.com> wrote in message
> >> news:ucFmpFQoEHA.1176@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> >> > Dave:
> >> >
> >> > You may find that VPN (even with broadband) is fairly slow for file
> >> sharing,
> >> > email, etc.  A better solution may be to put a Terminal Server (with
> > Win2K
> >> > server on it) next to the SBS server at the main office and have the
> >> remote
> >> > office access it.  It's fast because only screens shot (no actually
> > data)
> >> > will be transmitted and the remote user's "experience" will be far
> > better.
> >> > Also, all the remote user's files will be centrally located at the
main
> >> > offfice for nightly backup and disaster recovery.  Your SBS covers
the
> >> Win2K
> >> > Server CALs for your remote users and if they are Win2K or WinXp, the
> >> > TS
> >> > CALs are covered by TS 2000.
> >> >
> >> > You can get an idea of the speed difference by comparing a straight
VPN
> >> and
> >> > then manipulating files vs creating and TS session to the server
(like
> > you
> >> > probably do now for remote administration)
> >> >
> >> > Using SBS 2000 with Terminal Services in Application Server Mode
> >> >
> >>
> >
http://members.microsoft.com/partner/products/Servers/SmallBusinessServer/SBS2000_Plus_W2KServer_Running_TS.aspx
> >> >
> >> > -- 
> >> > Merv  Porter  [SBS MVP]
> >> > ===================================
> >> >
> >> > "Dave Claxon" <maintenance@NOSPAM.fitcen.bogus.com> wrote in message
> >> > news:evCqWDPoEHA.4032@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
> >> > > We are getting ready to open a remote office and we are going to
> > connect
> >> > the
> >> > > computer there to our SBS2000 through VPN. (Cable modem at both
> >> > > ends.)
> >> > I've
> >> > > read the articles on setting up a persistant VPN, and we have a
> >> > > static
> >> IP
> >> > > address, and I think I mostly have a handle on it, but I have a
> >> > > couple
> >> of
> >> > > questions, if someone has an answer. Firstly, since it is beginning
> >> > > to
> >> > look
> >> > > as if we may have more than one computer at the remote office, we
are
> >> > > considering making one of them Win2kServer and connecting through
it.
> >> > Would
> >> > > it then be possible to make this remote server a BDC for the SBS
> > domain?
> >> > > Secondly, if a remote BDC is possible, could I set it up on the
local
> >> > > network ahead of time, then transport it to the remote office when
> >> > > the
> >> > time
> >> > > comes and set up the VPN, or are the settings too much different to
> >> mal\ke
> >> > > it worthwhile?
> >> > > Thanks for your advice,
> >> > > Dave
> >> > >
> >> > >
> >> >
> >> >
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
>
>

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