Hello,

I am trying to figure a way for users at a remote site to
log onto a domain via a vpn that goes through a dsl
connection to a SBS 2000 server. The remote pc's are
obviously not joined to the domain right now, and a user
will sit down and click the vpn shortcut after they have
logged on locally. I would like them to be able to sit
down and log into the domain automatically.
I hope this makes sense.

I know that you can use a dial-up to connect to a remote
network and log into the domain, but I have never set
anything up that would use a vpn connection to log in. The
reason behind all of this is to be able to monitor things
like internet access (or block it altogether), and keep
them from being able to tweak the local pc.

Any ideas?

Thanks!

Chas

Re: Log on via VPN by Les

Les
Fri Sep 19 10:45:42 CDT 2003

Hi Chas,

Instead of having them log on locally, change the log on to "use dial-up
networking". Which should result in the vpn connection, allowing the user to
log on to the network.

--
Les Connor [SBS MVP]
-------------------------------------
SBS Rocks !



"Chas" <post-to@the-newsgroup.com> wrote in message
news:142101c37ec4$1c714160$a401280a@phx.gbl...
> Hello,
>
> I am trying to figure a way for users at a remote site to
> log onto a domain via a vpn that goes through a dsl
> connection to a SBS 2000 server. The remote pc's are
> obviously not joined to the domain right now, and a user
> will sit down and click the vpn shortcut after they have
> logged on locally. I would like them to be able to sit
> down and log into the domain automatically.
> I hope this makes sense.
>
> I know that you can use a dial-up to connect to a remote
> network and log into the domain, but I have never set
> anything up that would use a vpn connection to log in. The
> reason behind all of this is to be able to monitor things
> like internet access (or block it altogether), and keep
> them from being able to tweak the local pc.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Thanks!
>
> Chas



Re: Log on via VPN by Chas

Chas
Fri Sep 19 10:57:34 CDT 2003

That option is available in Windows XP Pro as well, right?

Thank you very much for your help!

Chas


>-----Original Message-----
>Hi Chas,
>
>Instead of having them log on locally, change the log on
to "use dial-up
>networking". Which should result in the vpn connection,
allowing the user to
>log on to the network.
>
>--
>Les Connor [SBS MVP]
>-------------------------------------
>SBS Rocks !
>
>
>
>"Chas" <post-to@the-newsgroup.com> wrote in message
>news:142101c37ec4$1c714160$a401280a@phx.gbl...
>> Hello,
>>
>> I am trying to figure a way for users at a remote site
to
>> log onto a domain via a vpn that goes through a dsl
>> connection to a SBS 2000 server. The remote pc's are
>> obviously not joined to the domain right now, and a user
>> will sit down and click the vpn shortcut after they have
>> logged on locally. I would like them to be able to sit
>> down and log into the domain automatically.
>> I hope this makes sense.
>>
>> I know that you can use a dial-up to connect to a remote
>> network and log into the domain, but I have never set
>> anything up that would use a vpn connection to log in.
The
>> reason behind all of this is to be able to monitor
things
>> like internet access (or block it altogether), and keep
>> them from being able to tweak the local pc.
>>
>> Any ideas?
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>> Chas
>
>
>.
>

Re: Log on via VPN by Les

Les
Fri Sep 19 11:36:15 CDT 2003

I was hoping you had XP pro. Everything network is better on that platform
:-)

You can find KB articles on what you want to do if you search the
knowledgebase.

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;320697&Product=sbs

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;314076



--
Les Connor [SBS MVP]
-------------------------------------
SBS Rocks !



"Chas" <post-to-the-newsgroup@the-newsgroup-you-read-it-at.com> wrote in
message news:0c0701c37ec6$bd6bd150$a001280a@phx.gbl...
> That option is available in Windows XP Pro as well, right?
>
> Thank you very much for your help!
>
> Chas
>
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >Hi Chas,
> >
> >Instead of having them log on locally, change the log on
> to "use dial-up
> >networking". Which should result in the vpn connection,
> allowing the user to
> >log on to the network.
> >
> >--
> >Les Connor [SBS MVP]
> >-------------------------------------
> >SBS Rocks !
> >
> >
> >
> >"Chas" <post-to@the-newsgroup.com> wrote in message
> >news:142101c37ec4$1c714160$a401280a@phx.gbl...
> >> Hello,
> >>
> >> I am trying to figure a way for users at a remote site
> to
> >> log onto a domain via a vpn that goes through a dsl
> >> connection to a SBS 2000 server. The remote pc's are
> >> obviously not joined to the domain right now, and a user
> >> will sit down and click the vpn shortcut after they have
> >> logged on locally. I would like them to be able to sit
> >> down and log into the domain automatically.
> >> I hope this makes sense.
> >>
> >> I know that you can use a dial-up to connect to a remote
> >> network and log into the domain, but I have never set
> >> anything up that would use a vpn connection to log in.
> The
> >> reason behind all of this is to be able to monitor
> things
> >> like internet access (or block it altogether), and keep
> >> them from being able to tweak the local pc.
> >>
> >> Any ideas?
> >>
> >> Thanks!
> >>
> >> Chas
> >
> >
> >.
> >



Re: Log on via VPN by Chas

Chas
Fri Sep 19 13:52:46 CDT 2003

Les,

Thank you so much for the suggestion - that little detail has allowed me to
solve several issues that needed to be addressed, such as IE access,
workstation policies, etc. The login goes really fast and all of the servers
are available. The only minor issue that I have is that when the remote XP
system browses the network (via the VPN), it only lists itself in the
window. I have to do a manual search in order to see the server resources.
Other than that, it's working great!

Thanks again,

Chas


"Les Connor [SBS MVP]" <les.connor@cfiveDEL.ca> wrote in message
news:#xThnwsfDHA.368@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> I was hoping you had XP pro. Everything network is better on that platform
> :-)
>
> You can find KB articles on what you want to do if you search the
> knowledgebase.
>
> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;320697&Product=sbs
>
> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;314076
>
>
>
> --
> Les Connor [SBS MVP]
> -------------------------------------
> SBS Rocks !
>
>
>
> "Chas" <post-to-the-newsgroup@the-newsgroup-you-read-it-at.com> wrote in
> message news:0c0701c37ec6$bd6bd150$a001280a@phx.gbl...
> > That option is available in Windows XP Pro as well, right?
> >
> > Thank you very much for your help!
> >
> > Chas
> >
> >
> > >-----Original Message-----
> > >Hi Chas,
> > >
> > >Instead of having them log on locally, change the log on
> > to "use dial-up
> > >networking". Which should result in the vpn connection,
> > allowing the user to
> > >log on to the network.
> > >
> > >--
> > >Les Connor [SBS MVP]
> > >-------------------------------------
> > >SBS Rocks !
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >"Chas" <post-to@the-newsgroup.com> wrote in message
> > >news:142101c37ec4$1c714160$a401280a@phx.gbl...
> > >> Hello,
> > >>
> > >> I am trying to figure a way for users at a remote site
> > to
> > >> log onto a domain via a vpn that goes through a dsl
> > >> connection to a SBS 2000 server. The remote pc's are
> > >> obviously not joined to the domain right now, and a user
> > >> will sit down and click the vpn shortcut after they have
> > >> logged on locally. I would like them to be able to sit
> > >> down and log into the domain automatically.
> > >> I hope this makes sense.
> > >>
> > >> I know that you can use a dial-up to connect to a remote
> > >> network and log into the domain, but I have never set
> > >> anything up that would use a vpn connection to log in.
> > The
> > >> reason behind all of this is to be able to monitor
> > things
> > >> like internet access (or block it altogether), and keep
> > >> them from being able to tweak the local pc.
> > >>
> > >> Any ideas?
> > >>
> > >> Thanks!
> > >>
> > >> Chas
> > >
> > >
> > >.
> > >
>
>