Re: vpn access from hotel room

Don,

If you're only using the Router for authentication, then it will not be
screening any ports, it will automatically forward any requests on ports to
your SBS box and ISA will determine if it is allowed to pass through to the
network internally.
(To preach best practice, its always good to have a router device between
then modem and SBS box as it adds another layer of security)

RWW is setup automatically when u run the Internet Connection Wizard (CIECW)
and it will open the ports on ISA correctly. All you need in the office is
an unused workstation to connect to. RWW functions essentially like a
Terminal Services connection (same ports etc) where your just view the
desktop and work on it rather than downloading all your files through an
encrypted tunnel (like a VPN does).

If you don't have a spare unmanned workstation to take control of then RWW
is probably not able to be done, unless you want to kick someone else in the
office off their machine while you're logged in. You can still use Outlook
Web Access to read your email however, although I'd still recommend using
outlook over HTTP, its a lot easier to simply open outlook rather than put
an address/bookmark into IE.

VPN is a bit more difficult to setup as you'll need to configure an ISA
ruleset to allow the passthrough ... it will also throw out your settings of
browsing the internet on your laptop while you're connected over the VPN
(unless you set a few DNS conditions)

Cheers,

E.


"don" <don@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Hi EvilNem

thanks for your reply.

How does RWW work and how do i set it up? Yes i have got exchange set up
as
well. I forgot to mention that.

I do not understand how i can access the server from the internet through
my
router?

I need to take my laptop with me to the hotel room. I will not have
another
machine to take with me so that i can remote control it from the hotel
room.
I do not understand how this will work for me.

I suppose i might need VPN after all.

How do i access my files from the server?

thanks
Don



"EvilNem" wrote:

Do you have to use VPN?
SBS comes with a nice feature called Remote Web Workplace (RWW)
If you have a PC still in the office, you could use RWW rather than VPN
(provided all the ports are setup correctly on your modem/router and in
ISA).
To access RWW (and I'm assuming you're using Exchange as part of your SBS
setup so you would have mail pointers that point to your server) you type
"mail.companyname.com/remote" or whatever your domain may be into your IE
window, but you must add the "/remote" on the end, otherwise you will get
an
error.
This will bring you into a login screen where you can login and take
control
of your PC in the office and do everything you would do as if you were
sitting at your desk. One thing which we always have with people who
have
never used RWW, you must accept the certificate, and you must also
install
the ActiveX client otherwise you'll get nowhere.

You could also use Outlook over HTTP (if you are using Outlook 2003,
which
you should be as part of your SBS environment) to read your email from
anywhere. The knowledge base article is KB 884506 on the microsoft
website.
There are also some server side settings that need to be configured in
exchange, the knowledgebase article is KB833401

Hope that helps somewhat.

E.

"don" <don@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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hi

can someone please point me in the right direction as i have not got a
clue
on setting up VPN?

I have sbs 2003 server and ISA 2000. My server has two nics and
external
nic is attached to a d-link modem.

i would like to use VPN to access the server from my hotel room and
read
mail access my files.

I do not want to dial into the server. I just want to be able to access
it
from the internet using VPN.

I am using windows xp sp2.

thanks





.

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