Hi!
I wanted to ask a few questions before I attempt to install and use
VNC. I don't want take lot of time learning how to do this just to
find that it's not going to work.
My situation is this: I need to network 2 veterinary clinics. Very
basically, I need to be able to map a network drive from the remote
clinic to the client database on the "server" machine. Adding printers
over the network both "directions" would be a plus, but not absolutely
essential.
I just switched to DSL from using a DUN connection direct from the
remote clinic to the "server" (this is not a dedicated server, just
happens to be the machine that hosts our client database.) Everything
worked easy as pie; drive mapping, printer sharing, etc, albeit
ssssllllloooowwwllly. It's just not practical any more. Now that we
have DSL, it's becoming a huge undertaking to get the clinics linked
up. And *frustrating*. I get one problem solved just to find that I
can't do the next thing I need to do.
The three clinic computers are XP Pro machines, the remote clinic has
only one computer with DSL internet; the main clinic that hosts the
client database (the "server") is connected to DSL via USB, and is
directly networked with another computer ("front desk" computer) via
Ethernet. It'd be nice to also access that front computer (especially
it's printers) from the remote clinic, but is not 100% necessary.
Also, I am using no-ip.com to manage our dynamic IP's. So far seems
to be working well. I can connect no problem so far.
The main deal is being able to *map that network drive.* I've managed
to set up a VPN using the built in Windows XP stuff, but I cannot map
a network drive from the remote clinic to the server (though I can
from my home laptop - go figure), AND, Remote Desktop is not an
option, because I am unable to print from the "server" to the remote
clinic when I use RD to control the database directly. (I imagine this
is a port forwarding problem, but I don't know how to find out what
port to forward to be able to print over the VPN.) Microsoft support
has not been able to help me browse to the server from the remote
machine.
I would prefer not to have to "take over" the server like Remote
Desktop does, since it would be nice for the server to be available
for use to the main clinic, but if that's the only way, we can do
that. If we have to do that, then I have to be able to print to the
remote clinic from the server.
I hope this is a bit clearer than mud. I tell people I know just
enough about networking to get myself in trouble. I can usually
figure it out if someone can explain it to me simply. Can VNC do what
I need?
CJ Fattig http://www.geocities.com/huskies4all
I believe that every human has a finite number of heart-beats. I don't
intend to waste any of mine running around doing exercises. -Neil
Armstrong
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