I'm a typical network rookie so this question maybe an easy one:
A few users at work want to access server-based programs from home. I told them that they can remote in using remote desktop. They don't have Windows XP Professional though and I resorted to using RealVNC. Since RealVNC connects using ports 5900+N, how would I set up the firewall/VPN/router so that the connection is:
a) secure
b) multiple users can all connect at once (do I assign each person their own VNC port? eg User1 is 5901, User2 is 5902, etc)
Then when I connect using the RealVNC client do I type in the IP address with the port at the end? (xxx.yyy.zzz.fff:port)
Same goes for Remote Desktop for users that actually have Windows XP Pro on the network. How do they access their own computer on the network from home using that?
If you do it through a VPN, you wont have to assign multiple port for VNC because each person will connect to a different computer from a seperate ip.
You would only have to configure multiple port if you would connect through your router to your workstation using port fowarding.
for Remote desktop, they have to 1st establish a VPN connection, then only type in the remote IP of their machine, and voila, they are connected.