Remote access VIA a router

[Sajid Saeed]

Hi,

I have a router, configured on the network on IP address X.X.X.201,
and i have a server on the network, that should allow for remote
access, the remote Server's IP address is say X.X.X.202

so, how can i configure the server, so that it can accept incoming
connections from the internet, so that employees can have remote
access, to their files

Thanks in advance

Sajid

 

[Jeff Cochran]

I have a router, configured on the network on IP address X.X.X.201,
and i have a server on the network, that should allow for remote
access, the remote Server's IP address is say X.X.X.202

so, how can i configure the server, so that it can accept incoming
connections from the internet, so that employees can have remote
access, to their files

Best is use a VPN. Otherwise you need to open Windows networking
ports in your firewall, which is a definite security risk.

Jeff

 

[Leythos]

Hi,

I have a router, configured on the network on IP address X.X.X.201,
and i have a server on the network, that should allow for remote
access, the remote Server's IP address is say X.X.X.202

so, how can i configure the server, so that it can accept incoming
connections from the internet, so that employees can have remote
access, to their files

You need to setup/install RAS on the server, forward the PPTP ports to
the server and then tell the users how to connect via PPTP to the
server.

Do not expose the normal MS networking ports to the public, you will be
hacked in minutes.

A proper solution is to setup a VPN. If your router does not support VPN
as an end-point solution, then you must use the RAS function of the
server with the router passing the ports inbound to the fixed IP of the
server.

People would VPN to the public IP address and the router would pass it
to the internal private address of the server.