Best way to SIMPLY Network A5 ver11 over 2 or 3 sites

[adcooke]

Re: Best way to SIMPLY Network A5 ver11 over 2 or 3 sites

Thank you Ted - will do.
Arthur

[WokingJon]

Re: Best way to SIMPLY Network A5 ver11 over 2 or 3 sites

Have a look at Synology NAS products.
You can get your own server running off your router and access it from anywhere.
I am using one to distribute software and moving on to hosting web apps soon.
Not expensive and under your control.

Beware of NAS if you're running a networked database. I recently implemented a solution for a customer using a Synology DS414 and he's having serious problems with intermittent slow running even with only a couple of users on the system. I'm planning to swap out the NAS for a standalone PC in the next couple of weeks.

I'm not certain the NAS is the problem, but we've tried swapping network cables and tuning other parameters without success.

[GGandhi]

Re: Best way to SIMPLY Network A5 ver11 over 2 or 3 sites

you are using for your private use, then I will definitely look into teamviewer as suggested. it is free for personal use, logmein used be free but no more, then there is GoToMyPC all cost money.
I have logmein pro at introductory price and teamviewer. both are similar but teamviewer is economical at least for now.

[Ray in Capetown]

Re: Best way to SIMPLY Network A5 ver11 over 2 or 3 sites

Beware of NAS if you're running a networked database. I recently implemented a solution for a customer using a Synology DS414 and he's having serious problems with intermittent slow running even with only a couple of users on the system. I'm planning to swap out the NAS for a standalone PC in the next couple of weeks.

I'm not certain the NAS is the problem, but we've tried swapping network cables and tuning other parameters without success.

I concur with that.
WAN or LAN network?
I wouldn't suggest trying a WAN NAS or any type of WAN server, especially if you are running dbfs, if running SQL and not making sequel queries correctly structured, also be very slow. You want the result of queries, not the data itself, traversing the line. I'll second (or third) Teamviewer as the better option in a one to one scenario even where the "office" is networked, use one terminal for the purpose. Free way to thin client but not that fast. I believe there is a fast but expensive version.

[adcooke]

Re: Best way to SIMPLY Network A5 ver11 over 2 or 3 sites

Thanks very much Jon - message #17 - and Ghandi - message #18 - and Ray - message #19.

This is what makes this message board so valuable - lots of great experience to avoid the difficulties.

Arthur

[MoGrace]

Re: Best way to SIMPLY Network A5 ver11 over 2 or 3 sites

Hi Arthur,
I use a combination of products for my home or office files. GoToMyPc is useful for accessing programs at the office from home, but not something I would use for any development work - other than to transfer files, it has a nice feature for that. For large file transfers though I use the cloud product Hightail (formerly YouSendIt), but Dropbox is also good - and free. But I am not trying to do any serious data entry on my networked office system from home, and if I were, then I would probably look into Terminal Service.

[DaveM]

Re: Best way to SIMPLY Network A5 ver11 over 2 or 3 sites

Maybe I am missing something here, but windows has a way to remotely run a computer that could serve the purpose.
On my windows 8.1 machine it is found at: Control Panel\All Control Panel Items\RemoteApp and Desktop Connections
I have never used it, so test at your own risk.

[Mike Reed]

Re: Best way to SIMPLY Network A5 ver11 over 2 or 3 sites

If you decide to do some kind of remote desktop, using the remote desktop feature in Windows or terminal server, you don't have to have a static ip. There is a way around that.
check out http://www.noip.com/remote-access. This is a service that provides a work around. You can do the free one, which you have to reactivate each month or do the annual service one for 19.95 per year. This is a service that I use because I cannot get a static IP address.
It requires that you put a small program on the host computer called DUC.exe. It continuously sends their master server an update on your current IP address. You fill in some settings on their server and viola you no longer need to know an IP address. You can get to your web server and/or remote desktop now by typing in: xxxxxx.no-ip.info where xxxxx is the name you setup on their server. You can get to remote desktop by typing that in from any browser or remote access.
Mike

[adcooke]

Re: Best way to SIMPLY Network A5 ver11 over 2 or 3 sites

Sorry gentlemen, I've been away, and hence not been able to check the board or reply sooner.

Thank you Robin (#21), Dave (#22, esp given your previous help on the autoexec saga), and Mike (#23).

I'll shortly print this whole thread out and decide my ultimate approach from all the great help and suggestions above. I'll keep you posted.

Many thanks again to all.
Arthur

[Ray in Capetown]

Re: Best way to SIMPLY Network A5 ver11 over 2 or 3 sites

Maybe I am missing something here, but windows has a way to remotely run a computer that could serve the purpose.
On my windows 8.1 machine it is found at: Control Panel\All Control Panel Items\RemoteApp and Desktop Connections
I have never used it, so test at your own risk.

Yes correct. Heres a video from MS how to do it. And as per Mike Reeds suggestion (a good one !) this doesn't appear to require IP
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/w...tab=networking

[WokingJon]

Re: Best way to SIMPLY Network A5 ver11 over 2 or 3 sites

Beware of NAS if you're running a networked database. I recently implemented a solution for a customer using a Synology DS414 and he's having serious problems with intermittent slow running even with only a couple of users on the system. I'm planning to swap out the NAS for a standalone PC in the next couple of weeks.

I'm not certain the NAS is the problem, but we've tried swapping network cables and tuning other parameters without success.

Swapped out the NAS this weekend for a core I5 based PC and the system is running extremely quickly. I'm thinking the NAS may have struggled with the random accesses generated by a database system especially as one of my forms includes a search on 2 memo fields.

[Ted Giles]

Re: Best way to SIMPLY Network A5 ver11 over 2 or 3 sites

Synology is usually pretty good, but you may struggle with it trying to manage the RAID if you are using that option.
A dedicated pc may not be a good comparison unless you are mirroring discs.
Also, 214SE has a limited processor, so the bigger blade setup might be more responsive.