Upgrade & Expansion.

[Serik S. <su...@se...>]

Hi Guys

For some months now I have been using VNC and then TightVNC for support =
purposes over a VERY slow 28.8 LAN / WAN, which will be upgraded Jan/Feb =
2002 a 64K digital link.

To test the feasibility, I have used TightVNC extensively on my local =
LAN experimenting with various combinations very successfully. Last week =
I expanded this to one of the sites I support in an attempt to do as =
much support remotely as possible. The reason I waited, was to get =
1.2.2. Which I must compliment Constantin on, as for the first time, I =
have been able to accomplish remote support without too many problems =
(Line speed!!!). I have found that the "direct" link is too slow to work =
on, but using my browser (IE5.5), can connect and do my thing. The =
browser link is about 10x faster.

Now for the burning questions!!!

SSH? Can this be used on a NT4 to NT4 link? If so how?

On most of the sites we have a mixture of NT4 SP5/6a, SCO V5.05 and =
Slackware 7 (soon to be upgraded to V8). ALL the firewalls are VERY =
tight and will only allow know IP's through (this is not a problem, as =
the firewalls are custom built - Linux).=20

What I intend, is for each remote workstation (NT4) to be allocated an =
individual 58xx and corresponding 59xx port (+- 20 users so port =
allocation is not a problem), and run Tight server on each WS setup with =
its own port and password with user confirmation. That takes care of the =
NT side.

To rollout the remote support to SCO and Linux, I do have a problem with =
insufficient experience to be able to set up  TightVNC server on these =
OS's. Also these are live systems and downtime is critical (24x7), I am =
very nervous to just get into them and experiment. I have not seen any =
SCO related setup queries/answers yet, and there is no compiler. Perhaps =
someone has done this already and can give me some idea of the pitfalls =
etc., which can save me hours of unnecessary downtime.=20

Linux is a bit easier, as I have access to a Linux boff who is prepared =
to help me (At a cost ofcourse!!), and the system can be down, but not =
longer than 24 hours. Currently the Linux box is not running a GUI =
interface, but will have to be when we upgrade to Slackware 8, as we =
will want to do a lot more with Linux to reduce our dependence on =
Windose.

BTW all the installations so far have been totally standard without any =
"tweaking" other than finding the best settings using the standard =
options available.

Thanks in advance. :-)

Rgds
Eric =20

Serik Associates
Suite 246, P/Bag X6
Cascades,  3202

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