Rum*

Anyone able to give me some assistance with regard to setting up a remote office.

I need to be able to dial into our office/NT server from a house approx 5 miles away.

Whats the best way of doing it?

At present on analogue lines with 33,600 (or whatever) dial-up...and its Cr@p!!!

I need some advice with a view to buying the appropriate kit to sort it...

Can anyone in the industry help?

Please either email on tom@schofieldinsurance.co.uk or call me on 0113 250 0377.

Cheers All

Tom

gregh

Tom,


Do you have 56k capable modems, connecting at 50k is much faster than 33k, and would probably be the cheapest solution.

Greg

ChrisB

56k (aka V90) modems are only 56k in one direction. If you connect to the 'Net using a V90 modem, you can <B>theoretically</B> get 56kbps downstream (from the ‘Net to you). The upstream link is still limited to 33.6kbps. As most people are downloading more information from the Internet than they receive, then this works a treat.

The V90 standard is also massively affected by line noise and the number of “hops”, so very few people actually achieve 56k connections – speeds of around 40 to 44k are common.

The V90 standard is also due for an upgrade soon. V92 won’t improve the 56k limit but will boost the inward speed limit to 48k. It also adds support for a form of inbound call waiting (the modem can disconnect for a short period of time without dropping the connection) and the handshaking time should be reduced to around 10 seconds.

Anyroad, onto the question in hand….

What applications are you trying to run / access over the dial-up link Rum? How many users do you want to support?

The ideal solution would be to use something like Citrix MetaFrame (but this becomes quite an expensive solution if you have to buy the hardware and software) – you can run an application via a dial-up modem link at a speed almost like being sat in the office (and I mean <B>very</B> close). You can get a very nice demo here :

Rum*

Greg and Chris,

Any chance I can talk this through with you tomorrow or early next week?

If so either drop me an email and I'll call you...or give me a ring tomorrow...

Cheers guys,

Apprciated.

Tom

Chris L

Tom

Also happy to help - seeing as you answered my email about car insurance - I would happy to repay the favour. I'm not around tomorrow (going to Brands ) - but I will be in the office on Monday (work telephone and email details on my email I sent to you on Tuesday evening.

ChrisB's solution of the ISDN line might be the most practical, but as Chris said, we really need to know some more details (and timescales).

Cheers

Chris L

MarkCSC

I would recomend a digital solution over a PSTN (analogue) line. Either ISDN2e or BT Highway. If your trying to conect to a server via PSTN and want to do anything funky(technical term this)you will be headbutting the PC in fustration as it's so slow.
Also how long are you connecting to the server? ISDN may work out really expensive if you're connected for long periods, it may even be worth while looking into private curcuits (leased lines)

Send me a mail if you want anymore info.
Mark

PS Do you insure Churches?

[This message has been edited by Mark Champion (edited 27 October 2000).]

Rum*

Cheers Guys.

Mark see your email.

Have a good weekend.

Tom

Ian Cook

Tom, is ADSL being rolled out in your area, allegedly much faster than ISDN or Home Highway, cost 50 quid (average guesstimate) a month with no call charges !

firefox

depending on your area... wireless might be a good idea..

ADSL doesnt guarentee a speed...

ISDN both channels works out expensive...


Look at someone like tele2 ..... who offer a wireless service... and quite cheap.

J.