VPN connection

[Scott Taylor]

That sounds right to me.  The key benefit to VPN is that you are connected
to that network as though you were local to it, and you can copy files from
one machine to another, interact with Enterprise normally, and print
directly to their printer (which is useful to me).   If internet sharing
offers the same benefit, I am unaware of how you would use it to do those
things, but I¹m sure someone will enlighten us.

Scott


From: gef <gef at ascentmagazine.com>
Reply-To: "Panorama Questions & Answers \(Discussion\)" <qna at provue.com>
Date: Mon, 9 Jun 2008 14:27:07 -0400
To: "Panorama Questions & Answers \(Discussion\)" <qna at provue.com>
Subject: Re: VPN connection

I realized that this e-mail got never sent (and was still waiting for an
answer)

:

I'll explain my situation to explain why i though that I would need vpn
instead of internet sharing.

I am working remotely to modify and upgrade a database and do also the
technical support on it. My dream plan was to be able to connect trough vpn
(the one that comes with mac os x 10.5.3 server) in order to see the
database, fix the problem and send the updated file over in order for them
to copy  (install) the file as is in order to upgrade to the latest version.

In my mind if I connect trough internet sharing, the update will need
another step, namely they would need to copy the file I send them, then they
would need to connect them to the server locally (since the file I send them
is setup to connect to the database trough internet sharing). Since they
have limited technical knowledge, I would rather not let them do that.

If I am right in my logic, and if I understand Jim correctly I wouldn't need
to set my database to internet sharing when doing VPN, and my client on the
other end could update their database with my file simply by copying it over
their old file, and that would be an easier solution than for me to share my
database over the port 80.

Does that sounds right? Am i going the right direction.

thanks


On 4-Jun-08, at 2:42 PM, Scott Taylor wrote:

>  Jeff,
>  
>  That¹s all very interesting (and probably fully documented), and I didn¹t
> realize it was so easy.  Fortunately, the ³Internet Database Sharing² option
> is on by default if a database is set to Shared at all.  I am already setup
> with my IP addresses on client to the IP of the server, however it is an
> internal address, because I access it internally, even when using VPN.  I
> would have to set it to the external address to see it from outside (as well
> as open port 80 on the firewall).  Unfortunately, the firewall programming is
> very arcane and not something I can do right away, although it can be done.
>  
>  I generally don¹t need to use this aspect more than once a year, at a trade
> show, so I have lots of time to experiment (and read the documentation).
> Thanks for the info.
>  
>  Scott
>  
>  
> 
> From: Jeff Kozuch <lists at acaciasystems.com>
>  
>  
>> Are you saying that you only have to be connected to the Internet, start up a
>> Panorama client file, and it automatically connects without further ado?
>> Tell me about your Enterprise settings and sharing settings on the client
>> side, if you don¹t mind.
>>  
> 
>  Yep. On the server, turn on Internet sharing and set the "Address" to
> HTTP://youtIPnumber. On the Client, go to Wizards, Sharing, Available Servers
> and click "Add Remote Server". Type in your IP number and the Enterprise
> server will appear in the list. Close the window and double click a shared
> client. It will open and synchronize. You can find more details in the
> Enterprise docs.
>  
>  [followed up with:]
>  I was assuming that you have already shared the database using the
>  Database Sharing Options Wizard. On this page you need to check the
>  "Internet Database Sharing" option for each file you want to share
>  and apply the change before you can share the database remotely..
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