Accubid - Tunneling through the internet to your license key

Status
Not open for further replies.
F

Fiasco

Member
We have 3 Accubid Licenses. I want to set up our network so that our estimators can tunnel through the internet to our server for the key so they don't have to be taken out of our office.

Has anyone successfully set this up in their own office?
 
You could use VPN (virtual private network) software. Once the remote computer connects to your network through the VPN it's just like they were in the office.
 
We use Remote Desktop for our Conest. It works great for us. We carry laptops and I have another office 60 miles from the main office with another desktop.

Everything we have is on a server and it has mirrored drives. Also our IT guy has it set up so it mirrors on his server also. That way in case of a catasrophe such as a fire, we would not lose our server data.

I have been doing this for 2 years now and we are as " pleased as punch" about it.
 
In a Windows environment, Remote Desktop is pretty much always the best solution for "office" type applications. Depending on what your server environment is, setting up Terminal Services for a few users would be an easy thing to do.

Using Remote Desktop over a VPN is the best approach as you dont then expose the server to the internet. Problem is that a quality VPN gateway like my current favorite plaything the F5 Networks Firepass is $$$$$, as this technology is intended for corporations, but the Fortinet range of appliances goes right down to an afforable tiddler, the FortiGate Model 50B which appears to have the same feature set as its bigger brothers, just at a fraction of the scale. Using this box as a VPN gateway, you get a high quality firewall (and a lot more) for free!

Disclaimer: I have no associations with Fortinet other than the organisation I work for will be spending $$$$$$ on their products this year.
 
Status
Not open for further replies.
Top