VPN CONNECTION XP OR ROUTER

Hello to all,

Scenario:-

3 Offices - 1 main office and 2 remote offices.

main office - Windows Server 2003 installed with around 8 XP Pro clients
2 remote offices - 1 XP Pro client at each remote office

Remote offices need to access files on main office server via VPN.

I have setup the VPN connection in Windows XP on these remote clients and it
works fine.

Out of curiosity:-

1) Is there any other way of doing a VPN connection to the main office?
2) Also, if for instance these remote office PCs had to be put on the same
domain as the main office PCs for example 'PC1.companyname.local', I gather a
VPN router would have to be installed at each remote office to enable this to
be done?

Kind regards to all,
Jeff

You may have many options. You can enable RRAS as VPN server, setup IPSec VPN or router to router VPN. in most cases, you don't need to join the domain to access resources. You just need to use domain user credentials to logon.

vpn solutions VPN Solutions. 1. Peer to Peer VPN 2. Client to Server VPN 3. Site to Site VPN 4. IPSec VPN 5. Exporting VPN Client Settings ...
www.chicagotech.net/vpnsolutions.htm


Bob Lin, MS-MVP, MCSE & CNE
Networking, Internet, Routing, VPN Troubleshooting on http://www.ChicagoTech.net
How to Setup Windows, Network, VPN & Remote Access on http://www.HowToNetworking.com
"jeffuk123" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:21B1633E-4501-4B70-B93B-(E-Mail Removed)...
Hello to all,

Scenario:-

3 Offices - 1 main office and 2 remote offices.

main office - Windows Server 2003 installed with around 8 XP Pro clients
2 remote offices - 1 XP Pro client at each remote office

Remote offices need to access files on main office server via VPN.

I have setup the VPN connection in Windows XP on these remote clients and it
works fine.

Out of curiosity:-

1) Is there any other way of doing a VPN connection to the main office?
2) Also, if for instance these remote office PCs had to be put on the same
domain as the main office PCs for example 'PC1.companyname.local', I gather a
VPN router would have to be installed at each remote office to enable this to
be done?

Kind regards to all,
Jeff

Thanks for your reply Rob

"Robert L [MVP - Networking]" wrote:

> You may have many options. You can enable RRAS as VPN server, setup IPSec VPN or router to router VPN. in most cases, you don't need to join the domain to access resources. You just need to use domain user credentials to logon.
>
> vpn solutions VPN Solutions. 1. Peer to Peer VPN 2. Client to Server VPN 3. Site to Site VPN 4. IPSec VPN 5. Exporting VPN Client Settings ...
> www.chicagotech.net/vpnsolutions.htm
>
>
> Bob Lin, MS-MVP, MCSE & CNE
> Networking, Internet, Routing, VPN Troubleshooting on http://www.ChicagoTech.net
> How to Setup Windows, Network, VPN & Remote Access on http://www.HowToNetworking.com
> "jeffuk123" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:21B1633E-4501-4B70-B93B-(E-Mail Removed)...
> Hello to all,
>
> Scenario:-
>
> 3 Offices - 1 main office and 2 remote offices.
>
> main office - Windows Server 2003 installed with around 8 XP Pro clients
> 2 remote offices - 1 XP Pro client at each remote office
>
> Remote offices need to access files on main office server via VPN.
>
> I have setup the VPN connection in Windows XP on these remote clients and it
> works fine.
>
> Out of curiosity:-
>
> 1) Is there any other way of doing a VPN connection to the main office?
> 2) Also, if for instance these remote office PCs had to be put on the same
> domain as the main office PCs for example 'PC1.companyname.local', I gather a
> VPN router would have to be installed at each remote office to enable this to
> be done?
>
> Kind regards to all,
> Jeff