Work and Home - VPNs and BB

Have the following setup:

(Home) PC -> Belkin WL/DSL Router -> Netgear ADSL modem

+ Laptop (used for work)->Router (thru either a Xircom Realport or using
Belking WLAN)

Both PCs work fine for WWW, NGs and Home PC can pick up email fine.

However, I would like the laptop to be able to access my Corporate email via
the BB connection. At the moment, I have to use the Realport to dial in to a
corporate server @ only 40k. Seems a bit pointless when it can access BB
speeds thru my home LAN.

Obviously the mail server for work is behind a firewall and on a private
network. Is there any way for them to allow me do this? Would they simply
have to add an IP filter onto their firewall settings and would this mean
I'd need a Static IP?

Would asking my employers to simply allow me web access o my work email
allow me to do this? And if so, would it allow me to pull email into Outlook
or only using IE?

M.

"madchu" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Have the following setup:
>
> (Home) PC -> Belkin WL/DSL Router -> Netgear ADSL modem
>
> + Laptop (used for work)->Router (thru either a Xircom Realport or using
> Belking WLAN)
>
> Both PCs work fine for WWW, NGs and Home PC can pick up email fine.
>
> However, I would like the laptop to be able to access my Corporate email
via
> the BB connection. At the moment, I have to use the Realport to dial in to
a
> corporate server @ only 40k. Seems a bit pointless when it can access BB
> speeds thru my home LAN.
>
> Obviously the mail server for work is behind a firewall and on a private
> network. Is there any way for them to allow me do this? Would they simply
> have to add an IP filter onto their firewall settings and would this mean
> I'd need a Static IP?
>
> Would asking my employers to simply allow me web access o my work email
> allow me to do this? And if so, would it allow me to pull email into
Outlook
> or only using IE?

Options -

An internet accessible email address (exchange server etc)
A VPN connection to the network (all network resources accessible over a
virtual connection to to corp network)
Something like CITRIX - allows lots of users and basically VPN with remote
desktop. This costs money and only some companies use it.

Sam
>
> M.
>
>


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