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There are several ways to share
your data (or other files) with folks outside your local area network. I’ll
discuss two here:
VPN and Terminal
Server.
In VPN (Virtual
Private Network) an outside machine is connected to your net and given an
IP address in the same subnet as your existing network.
With this we can connect to shared
resources on you LAN ; in our most recent use of VPN we allowed roaming field reps
access to an MS Access database. This is an inexpensive method, as it uses
only your existing equipment and a VPN
server
Note that certain modifications
must be done to the data file, and that the usefulness of the idea depends
upon connection speed and reliability. If your field people are on weak or
slow connections you run the risk of data corruption in an Access file. A
better method would be Terminal Server.
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