Hey guys...
I got a real unique question for you I think... maybe this is a very common thing, but I have no idea how to even go about it...
What I want to do is have a computer that is in another city have access to my home network all the time so we can share files, etc... We are both on high speed internet, and I have full control of both systems to do whatever I need to do to make this happen...
Here's the background: My fiancé is going to school, so we got her an apartment in the other city to avoid her driving 1.5 hours one way... Her computer will be there hooked to a high speed line and the rest of the network is going to be at my house on a high speed line... Servers, Printers, all workstations etc...
Is there any way to allow her computer to automatically connect to my network all the time? Will I need two network cards in her computer? One for her internet, one for the IP of my network? I know that I could use VPN to do this - but I'm not sure of a way to make VPN automatically connect on start-up... Would she have to double click the connect to VPN each and every time she wanted to browse for a file or something else?
The reason I don?t want her to have to double click something to connect - is if she is home for the weekend or on a break and forgets to connect before leaving she won?t be able to access her files at her apartment... Yes, I know that we could RDC in and turn on the VPN and log out and then transfer the files - but that?s just a pain in the butt...
What about VNC? Is there a way I could set that up to just connect to network drives and such, not take over the screen on her end?
I'm basically looking for any options I have at all... I don?t really know how to go about this. Any help would be really appreciated. Thanks!
I got a real unique question for you I think... maybe this is a very common thing, but I have no idea how to even go about it...
What I want to do is have a computer that is in another city have access to my home network all the time so we can share files, etc... We are both on high speed internet, and I have full control of both systems to do whatever I need to do to make this happen...
Here's the background: My fiancé is going to school, so we got her an apartment in the other city to avoid her driving 1.5 hours one way... Her computer will be there hooked to a high speed line and the rest of the network is going to be at my house on a high speed line... Servers, Printers, all workstations etc...
Is there any way to allow her computer to automatically connect to my network all the time? Will I need two network cards in her computer? One for her internet, one for the IP of my network? I know that I could use VPN to do this - but I'm not sure of a way to make VPN automatically connect on start-up... Would she have to double click the connect to VPN each and every time she wanted to browse for a file or something else?
The reason I don?t want her to have to double click something to connect - is if she is home for the weekend or on a break and forgets to connect before leaving she won?t be able to access her files at her apartment... Yes, I know that we could RDC in and turn on the VPN and log out and then transfer the files - but that?s just a pain in the butt...
What about VNC? Is there a way I could set that up to just connect to network drives and such, not take over the screen on her end?
I'm basically looking for any options I have at all... I don?t really know how to go about this. Any help would be really appreciated. Thanks!
