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Re: [LUG] ***SPAM*** Re: PC sharing

 

On Wed, 23 Jan 2008 21:43:54 +0000
Henry Bremridge wrote:

> On Wed, Jan 23, 2008 at 04:39:24PM +0000, Julian Hall wrote:
> > Henry Bremridge wrote:
> > > I would love to learn more about networking: in particular
> > > linking remote offices (eg work and home)
> > >
> > > --
> > > Henry
> > > Wed Jan 23 15:17:24 GMT 2008
> > >   
> > Regrettably I'm in Wales.  I have a pretty good grip on networking
> > (I'd hope so having done ISP Tech Support for 6.5 years, 5 as a
> > Senior ;)). I've also had my own home network for a few years, and
> > in the first assignment I had in my current degree got a
> > Distinction for my report on how to secure a small scale corporate
> > network.
> > 
> > What sort of content would you be wanting to see?  As you mention 
> > linking home and work I'm guessing VPN would be part of that?
> > 
> 
> My partner does quite a bit of office work at home and she is forever
> needing stuff from her home machine on her work machine and v/v. At
> the moment she either uses a usb stick or emails the files from one
> machine to another. Most seem inefficient.
> 
> I have been suggesting putty and will sit her down as soon as I can
> and show her how it works but a networked connection would be much
> easier
> 
> Home: Ubuntu 7.10
> Work: Some sort of Vista

If she has "Remote Desktop" access via RDP then you can have various
directories appear as "drives" on the remote Windows machine.  Or just
have "WinSCP" on the Windows machine.

Grant. :)

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