Jeff7 Posted October 21, 2005 CID Share Posted October 21, 2005 I have the standard residential Direcway service. I've not had success with VPN. Can this be done without a Business account; having read that you need a static IP? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghostmaster Posted October 21, 2005 CID Share Posted October 21, 2005 yes you need a static IP. can it be done? yes and no. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff7 Posted October 21, 2005 Author CID Share Posted October 21, 2005 Thanks for the reply. I have the DW600...no cash for the 7000 or the business plan. How can I try it with what I've got? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
resopalrabotnick Posted October 22, 2005 CID Share Posted October 22, 2005 there is ways around the non static ip, but the latency issues for the sat connection seems a rather major snag. if what ghostmaster said is true, the speed issue part that is, maybe you are better off using an actual dialup connection for the stuff that needs to go over a secure vpn and the sat for the not so critical stuff. there are plenty of vpn routers available, i don't know of course with what kind of counterpart you are setting up the vpn, but if it is your employer maybe the people in the it department might have a few ideas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghostmaster Posted October 22, 2005 CID Share Posted October 22, 2005 Its not just the fact that the IP isnt static, it's a NAT address assigned to your modem by the NOC router. So not only is it dynamic, its not routable. That's where the static IP comes in. You get a full public address. It really makes everything work so much better when you upgrade to professional. Not to mention that you get US based support as opposed to "my name is safara juhaghdi, but you can call me Alex" support. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
resopalrabotnick Posted October 22, 2005 CID Share Posted October 22, 2005 ah, ok, i wasn't aware that the ip for non pro users was routable. i think dialup is the better option for the vpn than sat then, since you don't want to pay more for pro plan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff7 Posted October 22, 2005 Author CID Share Posted October 22, 2005 Thanks for all the very good information. I am trying to connect from home to a church. I do temperature control and would like to get into their computer remotely rather than having to drive 45 minutes to the site. The computers both run WinXP. It's somewhat odd to see such enthusiasm for a DW product like the 7000! You don't see many positive comments about DW! I don't see an upgrade path from the 6000 (like they have for the 4000 to the 6000). And I don't think I'd get $30 more of value from a professional plan; unless I could get my employer to spring for the difference. But there's three chances of that...slim, fat, none. Looks like VPN with my current setup is not much of an option. What do you know about VNC? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
resopalrabotnick Posted October 22, 2005 CID Share Posted October 22, 2005 hm, sounds like something like pcanywhere might be an option, but i don't know how that would work with the nat ip. ghostmaster would have to answer what ports if any you can get for yourself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghostmaster Posted October 22, 2005 CID Share Posted October 22, 2005 Are you using XP professional? If so, just enable remote desktop with stripped down options. Works great for me and my office. I think PCanywhere uses citrix ICA? or maybe a comparable protocol? If so, it should work about the same. Just tune down some of the options and should work great! As far as upgrades to the 7000 are concerned, they have to get the other satellites ready for the 7000 first. They are allowing a free upgrade to some of the beta testers now so I would look for it in the coming months. *Also, if you are using a router, make sure port 3389 is forwarded for RDP if you use that. Im not sure what port PCAnywhere uses. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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