Re: VPN Question plzz

Two main schools of thought happen on this one:
1) put a TS in HQ and the remotes use it.
2) put a DC at the 2nd office

there is a third option involving running 2 SBS's, in seperate AD domains
but as a single internet domain.

To me, possibly the main reason to choose one over another is shared
document space. If the remote office is expected to work in the same
document space as HQ then TS at HQ is the best method. We had offices in
Sydney and Armidale (several hundred km apart) and implemented a 2nd DC at
Armidale, Sydney users worked mainly on documents in \\SydSBS\company and
Armidale mostly in \\ArmDC\company.

In any case you probably want a permanent VPN between the offices. We used a
PPTP capable router at Armidale to terminate a VPN at the Sydney SBS. An
alternative would be for a true IP based private network between the two. If
you terminate the VPN at the SBS your current router _should_ be sufficient.

NOTE: using Outlook in normal Exchange mode at the remote office, connecting
back to Exchange at HQ, can be problematic. If they are going to connect to
the HQ Exchange I believe Outlook RPC/HTTP works better.

All I have time for at the moment, big golf game shortly.

"PeOpLeS" <PeOpLeS@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:9B2E73D7-AEE0-4508-B8FC-2AD02FF004CE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Hello Ladies and Gents,
>
> It's been a while since I have posted a question on these here boards. ?
>
> I would like to pick you brains on a VPN access query.
>
> I look after a small office that runs a 2K3 Small business server box and
> 8
> XP workstations. The business is about to open another small office and 2
> of
> the existing users are moving there. They will be leaving there PC's
> behind
> and getting 2 new ones.
>
> What is the best way to enable the 2 users in the new office to get access
> to all network resource back on the old office.??
>
> I was considering using remote desktop on to their old PC's. But there
> must
> be something better.??
>
> Is Cisco's VPN client the way to do it?, Does it matter that they are
> using
> a Non-Cisco router/firewall in the old office? In fact it is a D-link DSL
> -G604T.
>
> Any help, assistance and guidance is very much appreciated.
>
> Yours EN4
>


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