That's what I kept thinking.... -----Original Message----- From: Chris Scharff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, August 25, 2003 7:11 PM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: Re: Port 135 and Exchange Issue
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 _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Web Interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=exchange&text_mode=&lang =english To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Web Interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=exchange&text_mode=&lang=english To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
