Re: Off-site backup
From: Doug Sherman [MVP] (dsherman_at_nospam.tampabay.rr.com)
Date: 10/03/04
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Date: Sat, 2 Oct 2004 22:12:10 -0400
If your Internet routers support VPN (frequently described as VPN end
points), you can configure a persistent router-to-router VPN connection and
simply map to the IP address of the Win2k machine: \\IPaddress\sharename.
If your routers do not have this feature, they probably support VPN
pass-through. In this case, you enable pass-through on the router (how you
do it varies-see your router's documentation) and map the port to the Win2k
machine's IP address. You can configure Win2k Pro or Server as a VPN server
and connect to it by configuring a VPN client on the Win 2003 machine (Make
new connection wizard). You should then be able to map the drive per above.
This will work with a wireless network.
You would get better performance by having the Win2k machine connect to Win
2003's Remote Desktop and running backup remotely. However, there is
virtually no chance of being able to transfer 4 GB of data overnight using
VPN or RDP with an ADSL connection.
Doug Sherman
MCSE Win2k/NT4.0, MCSA, MCP+I, MVP
"Richard" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >Richard wrote:
> >> I have a small office network with 12 PCs interconnected
> >> via a hub. One PC is running Windows Server 2003
> >> Enterprise edition, has a RAID 1 (mirrored) drive
> >> configuration, and serves as the file server. I want to
> >> set this machine up to run a scheduled backup to a
> machine
> >> that is off-site over the internet connection. I can get
> >> it to perform a scheduled backup, but only to its own
> hard
> >> drives or one of the other networked PCs. Can someone
> help
> >> me set up the off-site PC (Win 2000 OS)so that it
> appears
> >> on the network places available to receive a backup?
> >
> >Not a good plan for server backups. Don't know what your
> data footprint is,
> >or what your bandwidth is, but I wouldn't recommend
> this... What about tape?
> >Or one of the many online backup services? Or both?
> >
> >
> Thanks so much for taking the time to consider my querry.
> The amoutnt of data to be backed up is around 4 Gigs; the
> connection is standard ADSL. Time to back up is secondary
> since the sole purpose of the off-site machine is for the
> backup. The plan is to backup each day's data in a
> separate folder (e.g.: Mon, Tue etc.).
> Not to fond of tape and would like to avoid the cost of on-
> line service.
> To map a drive to the remote PC, do I just use the IP
> address revealed from ipconfig? What if it is in a
> wireless network? Do I need to be concerned about opening
> up a port? I'm afraid I know just enough to be dangerous
> in thes areas so please don't feel you'll be insulting me
> if you need to explain in detail.
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