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I manage a corporate network where users require remote access to their computers so they can work from home. To date I have been assigning static IP addresses to workstations via DHCP reservations and then opening a random port on the firewall and forwarding the connection to the users static IP address on port 3389. The solution works but has become unmanageable as the number of users requesting this kind of access continues to grow. Too many port forwarding rules that correlate to dhcp reservations etc.
I can implement a VPN solution and have users rdp to their computers by computer name. I have thought about a terminal server but not a great solution as users would have two different computers… their ts computer and their workstation which they use everyday.
Any suggestions?
I manage a corporate network where users require remote access to their computers so they can work from home. To date I have been assigning static IP addresses to workstations via DHCP reservations and then opening a random port on the firewall and forwarding the connection to the users static IP address on port 3389. The solution works but has become unmanageable as the number of users requesting this kind of access continues to grow. Too many port forwarding rules that correlate to dhcp reservations etc.
I can implement a VPN solution and have users rdp to their computers by computer name. I have thought about a terminal server but not a great solution as users would have two different computers… their ts computer and their workstation which they use everyday.
Any suggestions?
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If you only had one terminal server it could work but you would need to have roaming home drives for staff, that way they can log onto the one server thats got all relevant software on it and their documents come with them instead of having one per user.
For eg, some of my clients i have, simply switch on their PS, and they have nothing otheir desktop but 'Connect to Server' icon that connects to Terminal Server. You can even put it in the start up so it automatically connects to the server.
Server 2008 or Citrix is the way forward for you I thinks