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Internet Sharing via Dial up

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titobogs

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Here is my situation :

Background......
I have a dsl connection at my office. It is connected to my server and is currently linked with 5 computers in my office and all are sharing the internet connection of the server. My server has a dsl modem and a standard internal 56K modem. My OS, Windows XP Pro for all computers with SP2. My server is connected to the net 24/7 with a dsl connection speed of 384kbps.

What I want to happen............
I would like to connect to my server when I am out of my office using my ibm laptop. I would connect to my server via dialup and try to access my files in my server as well as my files in my workstation which is connected to the server via LAN . I am successull up to this point.

My problem..............
However, my server could not share my internet connection when I am accessing it thru my laptop when I am out of the office. I cannot connect to the internet using my server as a gateway to the net.

What are the settings and parameters that i have to consider so I can do this.

I would imagine that this would be the basic principle with dial up internet providers. You dial up your internet provider, login your name and password which the server recognizes, and it shares with you its internet connection> Am I right with this analogy.

Anyway, Anybody out there knows how this is done?

Thanks a lot in advance.
 
How is that possible?

Sorry you ahve to be patient with me as I am kinda new at this.

What is a program that you can use to input the isp address instead of the user/password combination to connect?

Thanks
 
It is really Not clear what you are trying to do.

How do you connect to your office from remote via the Dialup?

What are you trying to achieve?

Dialup connections to the Internet can be found for less then $10 a month.

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I have a workstation in the office were i have all my files/data, which is connected to my server. When i'm out of the office I often have my laptop around and during my free time I would try to do some work, so I connect to my server using my office phone no. (I put in an internal 56k Modem to my server and connected it to my phone line). Up to to this stage I am successfull. I just ask my secretary to open my workstation computer and I am able to get to my files. Sometimes I need some files from the other workstations which I have set to "file sharing" within my office network and I could browse and retrieve these needed files.

However should I need to email or send out some information I need to disconect first and use my laptap modem to connect to my internet provider. It would have been more convenient if I could do all this while connected to my server as I thought it would be easy to share the internet connection.

Maybe I am trying to reinvent the wheel to much in this case, and probably there is a much simpler way of doing this?

Any idea(s)?

Thanks.
 
You want to set up a RAS connection. NT server 4.0 and Win2k support this. I don't think that XP does though.
 
titobogs

It might be possible that it can be done your way by using another Remote Control program that have a full Windows GUI so that you Fully control your Office workstation from remote not just do file transfer.

However, I do in other way that provides more stable solution, does not cost a Penney more, and works with Win98 and WinXP.

Ultr@VNC is a remote Control program that works thru the Internet and provides you with the capacity to do every thing with your Office computer as though you are sitting in front of it.

On the office Workstation Ultr@VNC Server is installed and left running while I am not there.

I take with me a Laptop that has DialUp Modem and Ultr@VNC viewer installed (I have very inexpensive DialUp account for this purposes).

I log to the Internet with the Laptop. Once I have a solid connection I start the VNC viewer. The regular Internet activities and Ultra@VNC use different ports so they can work in Tandem.

That it, you have on the Laptop Taskbar your Office computer, and the Internet ready for action.

You do what you need to do on the office computer and save the work on the office computer. You then use Ultr@vnc to transfer what ever you need to the Laptop and you use the Laptop Internet connection to email Browse or what ever else you need to, while any time you can switch back to your Office computer and transfer info back and forth.

Link to: Ultr@VNC (Remote Control for your Network/Interent) - Installation, and Settings

BTW. When you see on your Laptop the office computer it might be tempted to start the email or the Browser on the Office computer from remote. Do not do it, (or at least wait until you do what you need to do for work and before logging off give it a try) in all likely it will freeze the system and you would loose the connection and the office Computer might be need a reboot.

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Thanks for the suggestions.

I have downloaded the Ultr@vnc program with the link provided and will try to setup my systems.

What about VPN? Can this also be used. How complicated is it to set up. i have been reading XP mateials and came across VPN but could not completely understand it.

Anyways, will post whatever happens as reference to others in the future.



 
If you have XP pro, I wouldn't mess around with any other remote control programs because Remote Desktop is vastly superior to them IMHO.

VNC is nice for being free. But the interface lacks something to be desired and it's navigation is clunky.

Out of VNC, PCanywhere, or RDP, given the choice, I'd almost always choose RDP.
 
1. If you need security look at he VNC page at the end, there is an encryption module that can be used.

2. VPN is good secure solution. However to be functionally fast you would have to install a Router that is a VPN End Point so that the VPN processing will be done in Hardware.

Here you have a starting links:

Link to: Introduction to VPN.

Link to: Use Virtual Private Networks for Secure Internet Data Transfer.

3. WinXP Remote Desktop is Very Good.

Link to: How to use remote Desktop Access in Windows XP


I am using all of these methods and each one has its pros and cons.

For the situation that you described I find VNC as the preferred solution (but as the saying goes ?To each is own?).

I would start with VNC any way since it is free and it takes very short period of time to learn and fully use it.

When you ready you can add any of the other two and leave VNC alone since one of VNC pros is that at the moment that you close the program it has no further impact on the system.

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