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by eroon2

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What is the simplest way to connect two computers that are in different locations? I have an inventory control program that I would like to update in one location, and have it update in the second location as well. I have just one computer in each location and don't want a complicated system.

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by tintoman

you dont say what operating systems are on your computers but i assume we are talking xp home or something here so i recommend you download tightvnc or something similar and install it on each computer.
of course you will need to know the ip address of each computer to do this otherwise if you have dynamic ip addresses you will need to sign up with DYNDNS or somebody and assign a hostname to each computer.

by wesley.chin

I have a similar thing. There is an employee that is telecommuting in another part of the US. I want to be able to give her the ability to access the computers at the office and for the office to be able to access her computer also. I know that DHCP is enabled here, not sure about on her end. With this, will signing up with DYNDNS allow the use of tightVNC? There is no server at the office.

by tintoman

If you create the host name with dyndns (you will be given a choice of dns suffix) you will then need to install dns updater service which will report your IP address every 5 minutes or so and is also available to download from dyndns.
As long as you install the vnc server as a service it will start whenever you boot the machine and you will be able to connect.
You will need to do some port forwarding on your router and assign a different port for each host computer.
VNC uses port 5900 by default or 5800 for web access

by eroon2

Will Tightvnc allow me to map a drive on the remote computer on to my computer? The database for the inventory program will be on one computer, and I need it to update from the remote on as well.

by dumphrey

then I would recomend getting two linksys SMB routers ($200ish each) and using them in conjunction with DYDNS and the routers VPN sever you can create a permanent virtual circuit between the two locations.

by jdclyde

will be god awful slow, and every hickup on the internet will be corrupting the database.

If it isn't a database that is DESIGNED to work across a WAN, you are going to HATE this solution.

How many people will be accessing this? If just you, carry the database on a flash drive.

by wesley.chin

There will be about 20 people, but of course people most likely will not be accessing at the same time.

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