Re: VPN Question plzz

Thanks for your info and good luck with your game. I hope you get a hole in 1
;)

"SuperGumby [SBS MVP]" wrote:

> 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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