another way to access mapped drives remotely?
Hey guys,
When users work remotely with there work laptops they use a VPN client in order to gain access to there mapped network drives. This at times is unreliable and causes me headaches... is there any other way that I can setup my users to gain access to there mapped network drives???
When users work remotely with there work laptops they use a VPN client in order to gain access to there mapped network drives. This at times is unreliable and causes me headaches... is there any other way that I can setup my users to gain access to there mapped network drives???
I have my users set up so the VPN initializes before the windows login. Then when they log in it authenticates through the domain controller and runs a *.bat file that will hook up the network drives. Also have the users have a copy of the bat file on the local pc so if it does not connect automatically, have them run the bat after they get the VPN connection
Give the user complete UNC path to remote shares: \\server1\data = Z: (for example)
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Im trying to avoid the use of VPN all together if possible. Not trying to figure other ways to use it.
You can set up each pc with a publc ip nat to a private then utilize RDC for connections that will allow them in if you set the rule in the firewall. Not very secure though....
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any other ideas?
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This was the best solution that fit what I was looking for that was secure and reliable without added expense.
you have another option also, you can use ftp... filezilla is free as well. so vpn is not required, it can be accessed over the internet.
THanks,
AgentMIK