Hi
I am trying to set up remote access using a VPN connection. It is for staff who need to work from home using Win98SE, WinME, Win2k and WinXP Pro. They will be connecting to our network which comprises a single site Win2k/SBS server running AD. A Vigor 2600 ADSL router is setup at work for Internet access. Users will be connecting from home using broadband modems.
I am experimenting with this from my home machine first. So far, I can connect to the router and can see the shares on any machine. In order to do this I had to type \\ipaddress\sharename in I.E. Then I edited the LMHOSTS file and mapped ipaddress to hostname to make navigation easier. However, although I can access some of the shares, I receive Access Denied messages for those with restricted access, because I am not logged on to the domain
My first question is: would setting up a RADIUS server on the domain controller be sufficient to provide authentication for users who dial-in to the network, and indeed, is RADIUS the best way to go about it? The router has an option where a RADIUS adress can be specified, so presumably I would tell it go to the DC. Access is neccessary for less than 20 users so the workload should be minimal. Also, only file data will be transferred through the VPN – all applications will be installed locally. Does anyone have any thoughts about this?
My second question regards email. We use Pegasus Mail at work, whereas nearly all the home users use Outlook Express on their home machines. I was thinking about setting up Pegasus Mail on their home machines and configuring it to use the VPN to access the mail. Alternatively, and I think the users would be happier with this, I could setup the master Pegasus Mail account to forward work mail to their personal accounts as soon as it is received so they can read their mail with Outlook. Is this a good thing to do?