
#Ncp secure entry client use own internet connection pro
The client had newly acquired XP Pro machines and the remote access client worked well with XP. I engaged a good consultant (someone I continue to know and work with today) who suggested a small business client might find commercial Cisco to be too expensive and who eventually suggested a Juniper Netscreen box with the Juniper remote access client.

In fact, there was no VPN, and their server was at risk. At the time I arrived, they had directly exposed their server to the internet at the hands of a consultant who apparently assured then that a virtual private network (VPN) had been installed. My first real exposure to remote access was about a dozen years ago at my first client. I will share a number of experiences culminating in my current situation where I can access any current client and my home office network from nearly anywhere in the world.įor a document-centric environment, iCloud ( Microsoft Cloud or OneDrive ( about/en-c a/), or Dropbox ( work fine for a lot of people in order to keep documents in a central location useable on most any machine. I use Dropbox on my Windows machines and my Apple iPhone, but my needs are broader than just documents. I am a small business consultant and I need access to client systems frequently, and my own home office system from time to time.

This is an article about Remote Access in a variety of small business and client situations over more than a decade.
