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using pcanywhere on dsl and cable and going thru a router
I find I have a need for pcanywhere - but I have a small network on windows server 2000 using a router also for 6 computers to connect to the internet
Right now I get my internet from a Starband dsl satellite system - correct me if I'm wrong but I believe there are too many issues when using pcanywhere with a satellite system (Symantec says they do not reccommend or support this scenario)
Therefore I am persueing getting a cable internet connection here at the business and the remote side client of the App. will be on a phone line dsl connection
I'm sure I will still be using the router
Do you foresee any problems with this scenario
PS - I also have a WinProxy/server/firewall App. but I believe it will not be needed with the new cable
internet service - I think it is only needed with the Starband satellite dsl service that I will be getting rid of
I just signed up for your yearly subscription mainly because of my need for the pcanywhere app. and the fact that Symantec's support is not good 'to put it mildly'
This is my first querry - anxiously awaiting your expert reply
thanks - gary
Right now I get my internet from a Starband dsl satellite system - correct me if I'm wrong but I believe there are too many issues when using pcanywhere with a satellite system (Symantec says they do not reccommend or support this scenario)
Therefore I am persueing getting a cable internet connection here at the business and the remote side client of the App. will be on a phone line dsl connection
I'm sure I will still be using the router
Do you foresee any problems with this scenario
PS - I also have a WinProxy/server/firewall App. but I believe it will not be needed with the new cable
internet service - I think it is only needed with the Starband satellite dsl service that I will be getting rid of
I just signed up for your yearly subscription mainly because of my need for the pcanywhere app. and the fact that Symantec's support is not good 'to put it mildly'
This is my first querry - anxiously awaiting your expert reply
thanks - gary
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Yea.. I must have been thinking of VNC... my mistake..
I hear ya... There is really too much of this "stuff" out there to keep it all straight.
Don't ya know... :)
Thanks..
FE
FE
You shouldn't have any problems at all. I haven't used PCAnywhere for a while -- I used it a lot up until a couple of years ago -- so my version may be slightly outdated, but the company I used to work for is about sixty miles away, and I've had to make it work under some... interesting ... circumstances.
Given that you're using cable, you'll be able to stay connected to the Internet a lot more persistently than you might through satellite -- which will help you a lot, because your router will mostly have the same IP address. If your cable modem is like mine -- it has a router and firewall built in -- then both the protection and IP issues you might face won't be significant.
My question, however, has to do with your network... why would you need PCAnywhere if the computers are all local? Couldn't you just share them appropriately?
Regards,
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