Re: accessing part files via the internet

Actually, that IS what I do, exactly. I didn't want to get into the details
and confused anyone.

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"Wayne Tiffany" <wayne.tiffanyRMVJUNK@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
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How about just a small change in your procedure. Instead of using the FTP
site, would it be faster to map a local drive from home to the network at
work? Once you have the VPN connection open, the mapped drive will
connect. If you are not connected when you start the local machine, you
just get the bubble message that a drive can't be connected - no big deal.

Here's how I do it.
1. Establish the VPN connection
2. Log in with Remote Desktop
3. Move whatever files to X:\WT folder
4. Drop back to local desktop at home.
5. Go to my locally mapped X: drive and grab the files, putting them
where I want them.

I don't know for sure, but I would think the transfer times would be
faster through the VPN than through an external FTP site.

WT

"Seth Renigar" <srenigar.no.spam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
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Agreed! I work from home very often. Using VPN or Remote Desktop is
painfully slow. Remote Desktop is pretty good until you try to do
something graphics intensive like SW. If it wasn't for that one issue, I
would use Remote Desktop exclusively to work from home. But, since it
doesn't work well with SW, the way I have found to be the best is:
1. I do log into my workstation via remote desktop. This is for a couple
of reasons:
a. I "punch-in" using my time logging software that is on my work
computer. This keeps my time data in one location (less headache).
b. I use the remote desktop interface to move and compress (using
WinRAR) the files I need to the internal FTP server at work. It's just
like I'm sitting in front of my computer at work, so its fast.
2. I end the remote desktop session and break any connections I have to
my work network.
3. I browse to our work FTP site from my local machine and download the
files.
4. I put the files on my local machine in a folder structure identical to
what I have at work. When I do this, I will not need to re-establish
references after the files have been returned to work.
5. After I am finished working at home, I essentially do the exact
opposite to get the files back on our work file server, and to
"punch-out".

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Emerald Tool and Mold Inc.
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<mjlombard@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I don't believe you'd be happy with the results. I use an FTP site,
and transfer files to my local computer to work on them. Working on a
vpn or any other arrangement where the data is not on a LAN is
generally too slow to be practical. Even LANs are often too slow, so
many people opt to have local data.

FTP and zip files is how I handle this. If you have a PDM system for
local use, that's even better. I guess the best thing might be VPN
access to PDM, work locally and check files back in via VPN. Still,
VPN is painfully slow. Remote desktop I think is even worse, because
the interface is so slow.







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