VPN and TS

[Stephen Hope]

1 further point.

If you want to send traffic to printers, however you end up doing that, then
it is easier and cheaper to use the same link.

If you expect printing traffic to cause congestion on your VPN link, then
you need to prioritise the Citrix client software so that the printing
traffic is thrown away or delayed first. 

If you have separate network attach printers, then you can prioritise based
on IP address.

Again, this is not a VPN specific issue, this is more about WAN network
design, and the VPN gear is just an extra complication.

I suspect you will need a router platform for your VPN links to do this -
you dont specify how you have implemented the VPN, so it is difficult to
give more advice.

regards

Stephen

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: dgillett at deepforest.org [mailto:dgillett at deepforest.org]
> Sent: 31 May 2001 08:34
> To: vpn at securityfocus.com
> Subject: Re: VPN and TS
> 
> 
>   Not necessarily a really helpful answer, but:
> 
> 1)  Whether running terminal services actually reduces the amount of 
> traffic or not will depend very much on the application.  (You might 
> know that it does in your case, but since you haven't specified the 
> application, I hesitate to assume so.)
> 
> 2)  The issue of remote and local printer access via terminal 
> services is one I've encountered a couple of times -- and never seen 
> a clear resolution of.  I suspect that the remote must share its 
> printer, and that the client's profile on the terminal server can 
> then access that share, but that seems somehow too simple.  [This is, 
> technically, a TS issue, and the fact that the link between client 
> and server runs over a VPN is not strictly relevant.)
> 
> David Gillett
> A+, MCSE, CCNA, unemployed
> 
> 
> On 30 May 2001, at 7:34, PCServices wrote:
> 
> > I've just discovered your web site & I'm grateful to you 
> for your efforts.
> > 
> > We have just started experimenting with VPN & have set up a 
> system using
> >   Win2kserver at our head office & Win2k and Win98 at our 2 branch
> >   offices. We have a large database at head office & we 
> need to be able to
> >   access it from the branches. None of the sites have 
> access to broadband
> >   internet access, so to reduce the amount of traffic, we 
> are running
> >   terminal services. All are connected to isp's via 56k modems.
> > 
> >   We can connect ok and can run applications - a little 
> slow but still
> >   usable. What we can't figure out is how to print reports 
> at the branch
> >   offices. Can you point me to any resource that may help 
> with this? I
> >   imagine this would be very slow, so maybe we should set 
> it up so that
> >   reports are emailed to the branches via a separate connection.
> > 
> >   Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
> > 
> >   Thanks, Murray
> > 
> > 
> > ======================
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