[Hidden-tech] Office VPN technology

[Jason Miranda]

How about file sync software/service, like DropBox (free 2gb account, lots of file/folder sharing & it saves older versions of a file) as a short-term solution? You might set them up with dropbox accounts while you come up with a more permanent solution.
 
On Jun 11, 2010, at 11:04 PM, David Korpiewski wrote:

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> Normally this is what I would do, is to set up the RDP.  However, they 
> are leaving their best computers at home and wish to use the files off 
> of the server as though they were on the same network.  I would have use 
> Gotomypc or RDP like I use for my other clients, but I don't think this 
> will work well in this situation.
> 
> So I'm thinking VPN for their Outlook/Exchange and their files.  The 
> only problem with a lot of the main brand VPNs is that they require 
> unique clients.
> 
> Although I'm seeing that staples now sells Cisco branded VPN routers and 
> the cisco client was pretty good......
> 
> 
> On 6/11/2010 10:12 PM, Kevin Phillips wrote:
>> Set them up with RDP to their office machines, change the listening port on
>> each machine and forward them in the router/firewall.
>> Works a treat.
>> 
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>> Kevin Phillips
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>> I'm supporting a small office that is now moving to a different office.
>>   The problem is that all the partners that own the business want to work
>> from home and access their data which resides on a server at the new
>> location.
>> 
>> So in a hurry I need to get a VPN router that works well.  I'd prefer
>> something that works natively with the Windows XP VPN client.   Does
>> such a thing exist?   They don't have a Win2003 enterprise server to do
>> RAS, so I'm out of luck there.
>> 
>> Any help would be appreciated
>> David
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