Makes laptop use a little tough though. > From: "Hague, Jeff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: "Exchange Discussions" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2003 11:23:15 -0400 > To: "Exchange Discussions" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: RE: Port 135 and Exchange Issue > > Definitely more costly but it really works well. The setup and configuration > aspects alone (client-side anyway) are much simpler and the performance is > probably much better than a straight VPN solution. I think if you look it at > all the factors there is a positive "ROI". > > Jeff > > -----Original Message----- > From: Martin Blackstone [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Sunday, August 24, 2003 9:43 PM > To: Exchange Discussions > Subject: RE: Port 135 and Exchange Issue > > > That's certainly an option, but a much more costly one IMHO. > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Hague, Jeff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Sunday, August 24, 2003 5:43 PM > To: Exchange Discussions > Subject: RE: Port 135 and Exchange Issue > > Have you considered Terminal Server or (better yet) Citrix? This works > wonders for us - full Outlook & Exchange as well as all the other apps we > run. We only have a dozen or so users so far but my understanding is that > Terminal by itself on one decent server (dual Xeon 2.0GHz/1.5GB RAM) is fine > for 20 or so clients simultaneously. Beyond that, Citrix on top of Terminal > is the way to go. Citrix also provides better support for local printers, > sound cards, etc plus a host of additional functionality. Either 1 requires > only a single port through the firewall which hasnt been blocked by any ISPs > (yet?) and the traffic is already encrypted although I dont imagine its as > "tight" as most VPN solutions. The other thing we found so convenient is the > "Advanced" Terminal client which is simply a web page that loads the client > software through an ActiveX control in an IE session. The directions to get > our clients set up was litterally "go to wwww.whatever.com and follow the > instructions". There is some work to do getting the apps set up properly but > common apps like Outlook, Word and Excel are very well documented. Getting > our custom apps running wasnt near as difficult as I had expected either. > The big trick for us is handling profiles because some of our clients can > not have access to certain apps that other clients need so we had to modify > some profiles manually but with so few clients it hasnt been a big deal. > > Jeff Hague > MCSE > Network Manager > Randolph-Macon College > Ashland, VA > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Hank [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Sunday, August 24, 2003 3:18 PM > To: Exchange Discussions > Subject: Port 135 and Exchange Issue > > > We are trying to recover from ISPs closing down port 135. We have an > dedicated Exchange Server at a hosting company. 20 of our 23 people > scattered around the country can not use the full functionality of > Outlook/Exchange because of this problem. > > We are a classic case study of how a company has suceeded in business by > using most of the functionality of Outlook/Exchange. We built our 3 year > old company's communications, task management, and database using the > Exchange Platform, including extensive use of custom 'forms' that track > hundreds of tasks and our workflow. > > The ISP's closing out port 135 has brought us to our knees. We are > scambling just trying to stay on schedule with our committments to our > clients. > > I have no hope that the ISPs will turn open up 135 again, so I also need an > alternative way to connect to the *full* functionality we had before, or be > forced to migrate completely off exchange and rebuild our entire > infrastructure using another platform. > > We have tried to implement a VPN solution, but now realize that unless we > run the connection on our client and have a full internet connection at the > same time, this will not work for us. We do not know how to do this. We > must have full access to the internet and exchange at the same time because > of the nature of our service we provide. > > Any ideas? > > Regards, > Hank
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