Network drive access for remote users

Hi everyone,

We currently have a VPN in place for remote users. But sometimes
these remote users are operating out of hotels and have trouble
connecting from the hotel ISP to our VPN.

So I was wondering if there was another way for remote users to access
critical network drives? I was thinking of maybe someway of accessing
them over the web?

Could anyone point me in the right direction?

Thanks!

> Hi everyone,
>
> We currently have a VPN in place for remote users. But sometimes
> these remote users are operating out of hotels and have trouble
> connecting from the hotel ISP to our VPN.
>
> So I was wondering if there was another way for remote users to access
> critical network drives? I was thinking of maybe someway of accessing
> them over the web?
>
> Could anyone point me in the right direction?
>
> Thanks!
>
You can try WebDAV access. WebDAV native support is built-in in Win2k3
and Win XP boxes.

But VPN is more secure, then direct access to your private data.

One more alternative (from Cisco) is VPN SSL - building VPN connection
over HTTPS connection - this eliminates almost problems with access
restrictions in various public places, but you will need special Cisco
hardware.


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With best regards
Nickolay Domukhovsky, MCSA

On Mar 21, 1:46 am, Nick Domukhovsky <ndomukhov...@ot.ru> wrote:
> > Hi everyone,
>
> > We currently have a VPN in place for remote users. But sometimes
> > these remote users are operating out of hotels and have trouble
> > connecting from the hotel ISP to our VPN.
>
> > So I was wondering if there was another way for remote users to access
> > critical network drives? I was thinking of maybe someway of accessing
> > them over the web?
>
> > Could anyone point me in the right direction?
>
> > Thanks!
>
> You can try WebDAV access. WebDAV native support is built-in in Win2k3
> and Win XP boxes.
>
> But VPN is more secure, then direct access to your private data.
>
> One more alternative (from Cisco) is VPN SSL - building VPN connection
> over HTTPS connection - this eliminates almost problems with access
> restrictions in various public places, but you will need special Cisco
> hardware.
>
> --
> With best regards
> Nickolay Domukhovsky, MCSA

Thanks! I will look into both of these options.