Except for dialup, most bandwidth options today aren't going to be an issue with Citrix, RDP or even VPN.
Bandwidth is not going to be the biggest concern. Memory, possibly, if we're talking VPN. But for RDP/Citrix? Anything produced and sold in the past 4 years is likely to be fine. *ASB *(My XeeSM Profile) <http://XeeSM.com/AndrewBaker> *Exploiting Technology for Business Advantage...* * * On Wed, Dec 8, 2010 at 7:01 PM, Gary Whitten <[email protected]>wrote: > I'm not sure of all the reasons involved, but logmein and GotoMyPC are > banned by our security group for use in connectivity. We use a VPN > solution > from company laptops into the network. For other users, a Citrix solution > is used. > > Until a few minutes ago, I was keeping an eye on this thread just on > general > interest. I've just been asked to provide a comprehensive list of what is > needed for people to work at home. While this thread has generally > concentrated on the actual solutions involved, which we generally have set > up, something I don't think that has come up with is the requirements from > the user's end. > > If it's a company laptop, we can generally control the specs of the machine > and the software and policies on it. If it's a home machine going to a > terminal server, Citrix farm, etc., it's less so but as a rule, most > machines sold in the last several years can handle that, unless the user > has > turned it into sludge with their computing habits. Still, I think a > minimum > CPU and RAM requirement may not be a bad idea. > > Another big variable is bandwidth and connectivity. I think it would be > prudent to not support wireless connections for several reasons, primarily > that supporting them is rather hellish should something go wrong. In > terms > of providers, I'm most familiar with cable (Comcast). Do satellite > internet > providers for the home give enough bandwidth pull this kind of thing off? > I believe FiOS is definitely capable of the level of bandwidth needed. > Would you require a speed test with one of the sites out there that do > that, > specifying a destination near your connection point, which wouldn't > necessarily be conclusive. > > What other considerations on this line of thought are there? > > Gary Whitten > > -----Original Message----- > From: Fergal O'Connell [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Wednesday, December 08, 2010 6:25 PM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: RE: Remote access - Allow employees work from home > > Jim, > A user will pretty much RDP into their desktop and therefore have full > access to the full development environment - all other core services that > are not public lie OWA etc. > > Another option that is management and I have to consider is using a 3rd > party vendor to provide the solution for us - like logmein.com etc > > Win2008 R2 TS is something else that I have too look into but have very > little knowledge or experience in that area. > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jim McAtee [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: 08 December 2010 20:08 > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: Re: Remote access - Allow employees work from home > > How many of these suggestions are being given in the context of a software > development environment? What do the remote developers actually need > access > to? In many cases it's only to code repositories. Do they need RDP access > to their desktops? What about build systems? Can Citrix be used > effectively in either case without introducing a billion other headaches? > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Fergal O'Connell" <[email protected]> > To: "NT System Admin Issues" <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, December 08, 2010 10:51 AM > Subject: RE: Remote access - Allow employees work from home > > > That's the plan - > However I just wanted to bounce this off to see what other folks are doing > - > > I might go with the Citrix solution but I will need to get pricing to see > what the overall costs are. > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > > > The information in this email is confidential and may be legally > privileged. > It is intended solely for the addressee. 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