Have you tried using terminal services? It's blazing fast...much faster than the VNC/Timbuktu type stuff out there. Another thought, if you have Win2k machines on both sides of the VPN, why not just log into your work network over the VPN on your home machine?
Of course there is always edlin :) -- jon Thursday, May 30, 2002, 11:45:24 PM, you wrote: CHH> Okay, I know that the disucssions about DWMX and Homesite+ have been going CHH> on for some time, but I wanted to ask if anyone had any suggestions for a CHH> telnet/DOS based text editor that will run on Windows 2000 and access either CHH> mapped drives or NetBIOS shares propperly? CHH> The only thing I need is a good text editor. Long (boring) story for such CHH> an easy question. I'd like something that does some kind of ANSI color CHH> coding and maybe Paren-checking (briefly hilighting an opening parenthesis, CHH> brace, tag marker, etc. I'm having to code in CF, ASP, Javascript, VB and CHH> some straight HTML. CHH> If you want to read my explanation of why, go ahead, otherwise the rest is CHH> filler. CHH> Thanks! CHH> Hatton CHH> Here's my situation and my line of thought - CHH> The place that I work is very flexible and understanding when it comes to CHH> hours and telecommuting. I do not have a set schedule that I have to work CHH> so long as I put in 40 hours a week. It is suggested (rather heavilly) that CHH> the bulk of the hours be during normal business hours and in the office. CHH> However, we do have several people that work from home a day or two out of CHH> the week. CHH> We have a VPN set up and it is accessable. Our devel environment is such CHH> that we have two different devel servers (one that is CF only and one that CHH> is ASP only), two different SQL Server boxes (devel and production) and CHH> three production boxes. All of our projects use source control via Source CHH> Safe. It's a setup that has been working relatively smoothly for the last 6 CHH> years or so, growing with age. CHH> I've tried working from home, connecting to the VPN and using VNC to connect CHH> to my machine at the office. It's slow... dreadfully slow compared to being CHH> there. To the point of making me not want to work from home slow. One of CHH> the thoughts that I had was to set up a dedicated Linux box to connect to CHH> via Telnet once I'm inside the VPN, but that'd require the approval of my CHH> boss, who's not too hip on Linux, let alone giving me the time away from CHH> billable projects to fiddle with things. My next idea is to make use of the CHH> Telnet service that is available in Windows 2000, which is what I have on my CHH> work machine. Then I can use the VPN to connect and then telnet into my CHH> machine. I have VSS here so I can connect, which handles that aspect. CHH> ______________________________________________________________________ This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting. Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
