On Thursday 19 October 2006 00:24, Saswata Banerjee & Associates wrote:
> No, but we have 6 accountants, plus another 8 ops guys using the > software though remote desktop. The software is sitting in a > windows 2003 server people are connecting to it from 4 offices > through a linux proxy server. Run ethereal for some nasty suprises. > > > This requirement of multi-branches would mean that the app would > > need to work with a master-client kind of architecture so that > > each site can contain > > only restricted data as well as centralized reporting be > > feasible. > > Web based system allows you to work with less load. > > > If we do have a broadband kind of setup, is the idea of setting > > up a dyndns > > based hosting an option ? It works even over dialups, though not > > very reliable if the connection is flaky. > > We use dyndns to connect various offices to the HO. But the 1 mbps > connection is shared with mail, internet access and also all 4 > branches coming in to the HO creates a constraints at times. U need a bandwidth shaper. Absolute must for such situations. GNU/Linux box with iptables and netfilter. -- Rgds JTD -- http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
