linux (fedora 4) <-> vpn + (gnome)netmeeting <-> MS company server <-> my computer at work

i have two basic questions. i want to replicate what i can do in
windows xp with my linux box. in windows xp, i use a vpn then launch
netmeeting to login into my company's network which then talks to my
machine at work and with netmeeting set to allow remote desktop sharing
at work i can direct my computer at work (with the netmeeting
application at home) like i'm sitting in front of my work machine.

i've followed the directions to set up vpn on my fedora core 4 machine
: http://pptpclient.sourceforge.net/ho...a-core-4.phtml

all i have to do now is understand how to configure the vpn and then
configure gnomemeeting to do what i outlined above. the problem is
that i don't understand any of this stuff.

here are the questions.

(1) i've read in this article
(http://www.pscu.com/articles/2206,4,43,1,0601,03.html) that
gnomemeeting can't do everything that netmeeting does. in fact the
article says "A Linux application called GnomeMeeting supports the
latter two functions but not the shared desktop." i suppose this means
that gnomemeeting cannot do what i'm describing... i'd just like some
sort of confirmation of this and also if anyone has succeeded in doing
remote desktop sharing (RDS)...

(2) if RDS is possible are there materials on the web that would
explain what the server tab on the pptp configure screen means? is the
server the server at work? since i'm connecting to a microsoft VPN
adapter that means i'll need the mppe...

i've googled for vpn, netmeeting, linux, etc... and i couldn't find
anything i can understand. just looking for a nudge in the right
direction. thank you.

Feeling froggy, on 27 Jul 2005, (E-Mail Removed) croaked in
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> i have two basic questions. i want to replicate what i can do in
> windows xp with my linux box. in windows xp, i use a vpn then
> launch netmeeting to login into my company's network which then
> talks to my machine at work and with netmeeting set to allow remote
> desktop sharing at work i can direct my computer at work (with the
> netmeeting application at home) like i'm sitting in front of my work
> machine.
>
> i've followed the directions to set up vpn on my fedora core 4
> machine
>> http://pptpclient.sourceforge.net/ho...a-core-4.phtml
>
> all i have to do now is understand how to configure the vpn and then
> configure gnomemeeting to do what i outlined above. the problem is
> that i don't understand any of this stuff.
>
> here are the questions.
>
> (1) i've read in this article
> (http://www.pscu.com/articles/2206,4,43,1,0601,03.html) that
> gnomemeeting can't do everything that netmeeting does. in fact the
> article says "A Linux application called GnomeMeeting supports the
> latter two functions but not the shared desktop." i suppose this
> means that gnomemeeting cannot do what i'm describing... i'd just
> like some sort of confirmation of this and also if anyone has
> succeeded in doing remote desktop sharing (RDS)...
>
krfb (a KDE application shipped with Fedora3 (don't know about 4) does
the desktop sharing thing - it's basically VNC, so you'll need to
forward port 5901 IIRC. Google VNC for more info.

> (2) if RDS is possible are there materials on the web that would
> explain what the server tab on the pptp configure screen means? is
> the server the server at work? since i'm connecting to a microsoft
> VPN adapter that means i'll need the mppe...
>
I believe that is correct - the "server" would be the VPN server
you're trying to connect to.

> i've googled for vpn, netmeeting, linux, etc... and i couldn't find
> anything i can understand. just looking for a nudge in the right
> direction. thank you.

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