Excellent - that's probably the best use case I can think of. I use personally for RDP, file transfer, gaming, remote backup, etc.
- Andy O. >-----Original Message----- >From: Chyka, Robert [mailto:[email protected]] >Sent: Wednesday, February 17, 2010 9:48 AM >To: NT System Admin Issues >Subject: RE: Home Networking Question. > >Is it good for a home point to point tunnel? > >-----Original Message----- >From: Andy Ognenoff [mailto:[email protected]] >Sent: Wednesday, February 17, 2010 10:47 AM >To: NT System Admin Issues >Subject: RE: Home Networking Question. > >Easiest VPN for a home user setup is to use Hamachi (now owned by LogMeIn). >No firewalls to mess with and very simple to setup and use. > > - Andy O. >________________________________________ >From: Chyka, Robert [mailto:[email protected]] >Sent: Wednesday, February 17, 2010 9:14 AM >To: NT System Admin Issues >Subject: Home Networking Question. > >Here is the scenario: > >2 home users that use Quickbooks. One of the users has the Quickbooks >database on their home computer, but the database needs to be accessed >simultaneously by another home user in a different town. What would be the >best setup so these 2 users can share the Quickbooks database and be able >to use their multiuser license? Would you pump the database up to the >cloud and access it that way? They cant copy the database down, work on >it, and send it back and forth to each other etc.. They need it to be >somewhere with 2 machines accessing it. Would a decent router with VPN >access at the "host" home be good enough? If this is a viable option, what >brand device would yo ulook at? > >Thanks for any insight. > >Bob > > > > >~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ ><http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > >~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ >~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
