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« Reply #15 on: June 1, 2006 09:55 pm CDT »
Setting up a vpn on SBS sucks.  It dosen't look like you even got far enough to test it but one thing to watch for is that you cannot setup a vpn server behind a linksys router. It cannot forward the ports for a vpn server properly.  The easiest way I have setup a vpn was using a cisco pix 501.  It's a firewall that has a built in vpn server.  It also has a web interface with a vpn wizard to set it up.  It's a bit pricy for a home user but it sounds like its a small business.  It's a couple hunded dollars but its nice hardware.
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« Reply #16 on: June 1, 2006 10:07 pm CDT »
You can setup a VPN natively between any two Windows XP Professional machines.
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« Reply #17 on: June 1, 2006 10:39 pm CDT »
she has a netgear WGT624 router. How easy would it be to change the settings on there to let the server do its thing?
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« Reply #18 on: June 2, 2006 09:50 am CDT »
I'm not sure if that can forward it correctly.  If you are doing a pptp vpn connection then you  need to forward tcp port 1723 to the server and IP protocol 47.  The big thing is that ip protocol because its not a port.  This must be built into the routers nat abilities and it usually isn't.  You could try to setup a ipsec vpn which should go through fine but I have no experience in that.

Here is something basic about vpn forwarding http://http://www.tomsnetworking.com/2003/05/20/how_to_vpn_firewall/
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« Reply #19 on: June 3, 2006 02:07 am CDT »
I give up. I'm not cut out for that kind of malarkey.
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« Reply #20 on: June 3, 2006 02:36 am CDT »
haha....learn it....you will need it again someday
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« Reply #21 on: June 3, 2006 03:49 am CDT »
It would be great if a company made a product that could easily do this all for you the offered it for free use, something that you could just install on both ends of two computers with net connections and configure in a way that a 2 year old could manage. Then it'd be great if someone posted a link to this easy fix.
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« Reply #22 on: June 6, 2006 09:43 pm CDT »
You said she needs to be able to access "those files"  did you mean on all the  systems on the LAN?

Sounds like and FTP server(with proper port forwarding see http://http://www.portforward.com/) would suit you in this situation.  Set it up as one of her "Network Places" on the travelling system and she can access it like any other drive mapping (drag and drop only/no drive letter)

Never really tried VPN.  The network guys at our home office configure our Cisco's at the data center.

VNC (web) doesn't allow for file transfer.  Can't help you with the  LAN VNC client...can't get mine to work (yet) over the net either. (my LAN yes, the net, NO, webclient yes/easy/no file transfer)

If you know the port to forward for RDP, that would be another way to go, but then again, no file transfer.
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« Reply #23 on: June 7, 2006 10:15 am CDT »
Strike that VNC over the net thing....got it working fine.
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« Reply #24 on: June 7, 2006 03:13 pm CDT »
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If you know the port to forward for RDP, that would be another way to go, but then again, no file transfer.


You can transfer files over RDP with windows 2003.  You just need to allow local disk mapping on the terminal server settings and make sure its checked on the rdp client.  Your local drives will show up as network drives on the remote session.
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« Reply #25 on: June 7, 2006 05:58 pm CDT »
I havent bothered with any of this type of crap cus its not necessary for me till i upgrade my HD
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« Reply #26 on: June 15, 2006 03:45 am CDT »
Update:
I don't even know what 'Forwarding' implies in terms of this malarkeye. Tomorrow im off to her house again, blind and with no info except:

"To use your server as an FTP server, you must first install and configure the FTP service. For more information, click Start, and then click Help and Support."

Im farked.
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