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| Topic: HELP!! STUCK WITH SETTING
UP OFFICE WITH REMOTE
DESKTOP ELSEWHERE USING
VPN |
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df2k5
Member since:
2006-10-11 21:05:33 |  posted: 2006-10-11 21:17:37
Help!! Stuck With Setting
up Office with Remote
Desktop Elsewhere Using
VPN
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Hi, I’m having a huge
headache over remote
networking computers, as
I only have a small
background in networking.
I surfed through quite a
few sites on about VPN,
but after all of that,
I’m still confused of
what I should do, given
the situation I have.
Situation:
I’m
setting up a new office
and just hired a few
professionals who can
only work from their
home.
They will use
our computers here in the
office, as like their
“own” computer remotely,
accessing the internet.
Therefore, no matter how
many nodes of connections
there are (their computer
– to their office
computers – to our ISP –
internet); the speed or
bandwidth has to been
maintained as high as
possible. Also, their
internet connection
between their home
computers and the
computers here at the
office, has to be
completely
untraceable
The reason
is that the websites they
need to access may trace
IP address, MAC and
physical addresses of
people’s computers and
their modem (gateway),
and may leak out our
professionals’ identity
to them .
Therefore, I
was planning to have a
separate connection or
gateway (modem) and IP
for each of their
individual, corresponding
computers. So that their
identity can be
protected, while they can
all access to those
“high-security” sites all
at the same time with
their personal accounts
there, without being
traced.
Things to
keep in mind:
1)Reduce
the total cost of setting
up everything, as low as
possible (reducing number
of computers, reducing
multiple modem internet
connection to reduce cost
to our ISP,
etc)
2)Maintaining
high bandwidth as much as
possible at all times,
using their home computer
to remotely access
internet through our
office
computers.
3)The
identity of our
professionals (their home
IP, MAC address, and
other personal info) can
NEVER be leaked out to
the sites they visit,
meaning they can all
access the same site at
the same time, without
being
traced.
Solutions
that I thought
of:
1)Get an ISP that
offers VPN
service
2)Get a
computer for each of our
professionals, and they
will be stationed in our
office
3)Have a
separate IP and gateway
(modem) for each of these
computers, but ISP will
be charging us for a lot
of $$$
4)Install top,
sophisticated firewall
that can be configured
for VPN client protocols
on all of our office
computers, as well as on
each of their own home
computers.
5)Install
VPN client software on
each of their home
computers
OR to Cut
the Cost:
-Have all of
their office computers
connect to one central
server at our office, and
that central server
connect to one gateway,
to our ISP’s VPN servers
(meaning our central
server serves as a VPN
client too). This
central server will have
IP masquerade on all the
computers connected to
it, and port forward all
data transferred to these
office computers. So I
can save $ in the long
run for internet
connection cost
OR
to cut the cost even
more:
-Just set up ONE
central server for all
our professionals to use
as their remote desktop,
and that central server
connects to ONE gateway
(modem) with multiple
static IP, just
installing some crazy
program on this central
server that can properly
do IP aliasing, port
forwarding, IP
masquerade, etc (don’t
really know what I’m
talking about on those
terms, haha)
What
do I need?
(Recommendations Needed
Please!)
1)Which VPN
client software should I
use? Using IPX protocol
over PPTP?
2)Which
Firewall should I use
that can compliment VPN
client
programs?
3)How
should I set up my
“central server” or the
office computers? What
software do I need to
use? Use Linux as the OS
for all computers? Do I
need to set up these
computers as proxy
servers, port forwarding,
etc?
4)What remote
desktop program should be
installed in the
professionals’ computers?
VNC? Telnet?
Would
using Satellite internet
connection be able to
work in my situation
here?
Yea, my
situation is pretty
complex here (In my
opinion, haha), I’m in a
deadlock situation here,
don’t know what to do, so
I would appreciate it if
someone can help me
here.
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