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On Wed, Mar 10, 2010 at 10:40:18PM +0000, Rob Beard wrote:
>
> Do you mean being able to connect into your PC remotely from
> anywhere on the internet?
>
> If so, yes there is (as far as I'm aware), GoToMyPC (which I believe
> you have to pay for after 30 days and just runs on Windows and Mac
> OS) and LogMeIn (again the server application only runs on Windows
> and Mac OS (although the client is Flash, ActiveX or HTML based, and
> there is a Firefox plugin for Linux in a .deb package).
>
> Not so bad if you're remotely connecting to a Windows PC or Mac, but
> not much good if you need to remotely connect to a Linux box, maybe
> another solution for this would be VNC (possibly forwarded over
> SSH?) or FreeNX?
>
Been in two discussions over this, can someone help.
- I am involved with a charity, and their IT set up drives me nuts
a) Is it possible, on a windows box, to have one application connect
over a VPN with all other web connections to be via local ISP?
b) What would be the ballpark guesstimate cost of:
1. Connecting ~ 20 Windows XP currently on a peer to peer network to a
linux server, then storing all user data in subdirectories on
the linux server (full read / write access to all data to all
users). Any additional equipment would need to be bought. I
guess the following would be required
- Server (although I think there is already a box that could
be used)
- Switch or router
- Some cabling
Buying basic equipment. (currently all user data is copied to
all other machines using xcopy: its cheap, it works, its a pain)
2. Adding email facilities for about 50 user to go out over local
ISP, but making sure two applications access a VPN
(One of the tech volunteers suggested that point 1 would be
impractical because Windows Server purchase and set up costs alone
would be in the region of £5000. When I suggested ubuntu would be
considerably cheaper it was implied I did not know what I was
talking about. There were mutterings about Windows Exchange etc. I
am quite prepared to believe I do not know enough: hence the
question).
- What is the performance difference - if any - between sharing
applications on windows with GoToMyPC vs sharing applications on Linux
(debian) with ssh -X ....
Or would I be correct in assuming that the performance difference
would be negligible
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