Remote Access Solutions

[behapamo]

We have five sales employees who need remote access to our Windows NT 4.0 server via a dedicated modem line. Two are running Windows 98 on their laptop and the rest have Windows NT workstation. Can anyone offer the best solution to this situation ?<br><br>Is RAS the best solution ? <br><br>Will one modem serve the purpose ?<br><br>Any suggestions will be highly appreciated.

 

[NetPoint]

RAS is a good solution, but one modem will only allow one user to remotely login at a time.&nbsp;&nbsp;If your sales people travel, you may want to look at a VPN solution such as Microsoft's PPTP.&nbsp;&nbsp;With which you could setup RRAS on your NT server and create 5 VPN ports for each sales person.&nbsp;&nbsp;Then with a public IP address to your RAS server, they could dial into any ISP and have a secure connection to logon to your Domain.&nbsp;&nbsp;This is all done via the Internet using a VPN connection.&nbsp;&nbsp;I've installed it for one client and everythings been working great for several months now.<br><br>Goto <A HREF="

http://www.microsoft.com/NTServer/commserv/deployment/moreinfo/PPTPfaq.asp"

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http://www.microsoft.com/NTServer/commserv/deployment/moreinfo/PPTPfaq.asp</A>

for more information on PPTP