Need suggestions setting up temporary remote location

Walter D Vaughan Jr wvaughan at steelerubber.com
Fri Aug 30 08:14:12 PDT 2013


Sorry I meant mstsc ... (MicroSoft Terminal Server Client) aka Remote
Desktop

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Walter D Vaughan Jr [mailto:wvaughan at steelerubber.com]
> Sent: Friday, August 30, 2013 10:59 AM
> To: filePro Mailing List (filepro-list at lists.celestial.com)
> Subject: RE: Need suggestions setting up temporary remote location
> 
> (I deleted a very dangerous solution)
> Much much less dangerous:
> 	1. setup private VPN between the two networks that automatically
> reconnects itself
> 	2. setup Terminal server on the home network
> 	3. Have remote RDP (mstcs.exe) clients setup to share printers and
> connect to Terminal Server The VPN can drop out every 5 minutes and you
> really won't loose anything
> 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: filepro-list-
> bounces+wvaughan=steelerubber.com at lists.celestial.com
> > [mailto:filepro-list-
> > bounces+wvaughan=steelerubber.com at lists.celestial.com] On Behalf Of
> > Boaz Bezborodko
> > Sent: Friday, August 30, 2013 10:27 AM
> > To: Filepro-List at Lists. Celestial. Com
> > Subject: Need suggestions setting up temporary remote location
> >
> > In 2 weeks I need to have a setup at a remote location to process
packages
> > currently stored at that location.  I would rather not to set up a
separate
> > database.  I would rather use my existing system and have UPS labels and
> > packing slips printed at the remote location.
> >
> > I'm concerned about setting up a VPN to the database server since a
break
> in
> > the network connection could mean problems with the Filepro database.
It
> > doesn't like a broken connection in the middle of operations.  To run a
local
> > process from the remote location I would need something like LogMeIn
> since
> > I am running Filepro Windows.
> >
> > The details of the current operation is that I import an order file from
the
> > customer and generate orders in the Filepro system.  A separate process
is
> > used to both print out the customers packing slip and a shipping record.
> The
> > data from the shipping record is then exported to a CSV file that is
> imported
> > to UPS' Worldship program that prints out the label.
> >
> > Our local Worldship setup uses one computer as a database server and
> other
> > computers link to it as a workstation.
> >
> > I want to be able to bring down a laptop, packing slip printer (a
standard
> > Brother laser printer), and a UPS label printer (OKI LE810) and print
out the
> > documents there since we need to get everything out in a timely manner.
> >
> > Any suggestions on how to set this up?
> >
> > Boaz
> >
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