Re: SME server case study

VPN with dynamic IP is fine...

Just need to use a dynamic dns service.  Some are free, some are cheap. 
There are many.  And SME server handly has the clients for some of the
more popular ones (Free and commercial) already in the menu system.

When the system detects an IP change, an event-action response ensues
("event-action" - any UML fans here????).

So not only does SME invoke the update command for the dynamic dns
service it also reloads all it's firewall rules and servers according to
the new IP address.  Very swish indeed!

Cya,
RF.



On Thu, 2004-02-26 at 16:51, Graham Brown wrote:
> At 02:16 AM 19/02/2004 -0800, you wrote:
> 
> I guess I would want to know answers to a number of questions.
> Do you have a fixed IP?  That is likely to impact on any VPN solution for 
> outside access.
> Who secured the Wireless LAN.
> What are the firewall arrangements?
> 
> Our system is similar, but not wifi.
> Ours just just basic RH8 on the server, running in software RAID 1.
> We us samba as the fileserver.
> We bring the email down to our server from the ISP using fetchmail and 
> access it with IMAP clients. Mozilla or Thunderbird are OK
> We use postfix to send, but all email  to internal addresses just stays on 
> the server.
> PHProjekt is a possible solution for shared calendars, contacts etc.  So is 
> Tent.  There are many others.
> Time to change over some of those desktops :-).
> 
> There are many possible solutions, BUT (IMHO) there is no real open source 
> equivalent to Outlook.  OTOH, you do not need that to have an effective in 
> house system for such a small group.
> 
> 
> >A real case study:
> >
> >
> >Background
> >
> >We are a small Consultancy Company. In our office we
> >have 6 Windows worksation connected trought a wifi lan
> >to a 2 adsl line to go on internet.
> >For website and email we use an external hosting
> >provider
> >
> >What we need?
> >
> >a File server for files archive, a System to
> >share agenda and calendar and our contacts. Maybe it
> >will be useful to access to our files remotly and let
> >external to deposit files in a dedicated space
> >(something like FTP but secure). basicly these are the
> >requirements additional features are welcome.
> >
> >Which solution?
> >
> >SME server
> >or
> >A mandrake Server with addon applications
> >
> >
> >Dear Richard,
> >
> >If you can whisely advice me I will write down a real
> >case study to be inserted in our lug website  becouse
> >I really have to buy a server for my office.
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