Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!bonnie.concordia.ca!thunder.mcrcim.mcgill.edu!snorkelwacker.mit.edu!usc!julius.cs.uiuc.edu!news.cs.indiana.edu!bronze!copper!wsadler From: wsadler@copper.ucs.indiana.edu (william sadler) Newsgroups: comp.sys.novell Subject: Re: Best remote workstation setup Message-ID: Date: 9 Jan 91 16:25:58 GMT References: <1991Jan8.190914.8764@world.std.com> Sender: news@bronze.ucs.indiana.edu (USENET News System) Organization: Indiana University Lines: 31 levin@world.std.com (Levin F Magruder) writes: >We want to set up a call in system that lets users call up and >use the network at home. . . preferably just a remote terminal >type deal. Our dealer recommended something called a W-nim >board over PCanywhere-type software, since we'll want to allow >two or three people to use it at once. What, if any, are the >alternatives, and is a W-nim board usable with 2400 baud modems? I just purchased a package called Net Remote Plus that uses co/session for remote dial-ins. The price for a LAN server was $275 at an Educational discount. I don't know what it is for retail. Rather than get a single machine with a multi-port card in it like the system you describe I opted to go with Net Remote since it allows any machine on the network to act as a host or a remote. This means that I can buy everyone who wants to use it a modem so that they can use the phone line in their office for dial in purposes. At $75 a whack for 2400 baud modems I can get quite a few before I pay for the cost of a dedicated machine and a card. Of course, a LAN with more users would probably need a different solution. I ave about 100 users, but only about 10-20 are interested in the dial-in service. Will -- ********************************************************************** *Will Sadler Indiana University Law School-Bloomington * *will@ogre.cica.indiana.edu wsadler@copper.ucs.indiana.edu * **********************************************************************