Re: Remote Access and Setting up a VPN....need some expert advice....

1. Assuming you need to access the server shared folder only, it is better to use VPN.

2. Since you have two NICs in the server, you can setup VPN follow this step by step how to. How to setup VPN on 2003 as router
Browsing over VPN · Enable Terminal Services · Export VPN Client Settings · Setup Windows VPN Client...

3. Assuming the router is VPN pass through, you need to forward port 1723 to the IP 10.10.10.5.

4. You can use public IP to access the VPN.

Bob Lin, MS-MVP, MCSE & CNE
Networking, Internet, Routing, VPN Troubleshooting on http://www.ChicagoTech.net
How to Setup Windows, Network, VPN & Remote Access on http://www.HowToNetworking.com
"VectorPrime" <NoSpam@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:5dtk62tuc7slhq895bn07k4uvf4vaust3l@xxxxxxxxxx
I'm hoping one of you guru's can point me in the right direction. I'm
trying to figure out the best way to provide remote access to our
company server (from home) for a couple of employees. First, here is
the set-up: SBS 2003, two NIC's....one connected to an Efficient
Networks DSL modem/router. The IP of this NIC is 10.10.10.5. The
router provides a 1.5Mbs SDSL connection to the internet. The gateway
(router) address is 10.10.10.1. The second NIC in connected to our
internal network and has an address of 10.0.0.254 (static). This is
effectively the internal address of the server. I also have the
public IP address (internet side) for the router, which is 64.105.X.X,
also static.

I do not use ISA. I can connect to the server via Remote Desktop from
within the internal network, but not from without. Here are my
questions:

1. What is the best solution (safest and easiest) to allow my
employees to acccess the server over the internet? I believe my
choices are VPN, or Remote Desktop. They only need access to the
server, not to their individual desktop.

2. Where can I find a decent set of instruction for setting up this
particular type of access?

I assume that I need to open certain ports in the router, and then
forward them to the SBS server (which NIC do I forward them to?).
Also, we do not have a FQDN for this network. Our internet website is
hosted external to this network. The name of the server takes the
form of companyname.local. Does this pose a problem, or will the
router IP address work for access (I can ping the router IP from
outside the network).

Please forgive the confusion, but I am indeed new to this and I
greatly appreciate all responses.

TIA!

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