Home/Business Connectivity Using Broadband & PPPoE
Objectives
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Application Note – AN117
Chip PC Thin Clients Offering Home/Business Connectivity Using Broadband & PPPoE
Chip PC now provides innovative, cost-effective solutions enabling employees to access their workplace computing resources, may they be Thin Clients or PCs, and work from remote locations as if they were sitting physically in front of their desktops at the workplace.
Connection is made via standard broadband Internet that is highly secure by using double-tunnel, encapsulated VPN connections. The remote connectivity is achieved by using local Xtreme PC plug-in software called “VPN Remote Connection & Dial-Up” provided for FREE.
The “VPN Remote Connection & Dial-Up” plug-in includes an Analog, PPTP and PPPoE dialer, in addition to MS VPN Connection.
Procedures
Chip PC Remote Connectivity Solution
Chip PC now provides home/business connectivity using broadband ADSL/CABLE modem. The remote connection is highly secured by using double-tunnel encapsulated VPN. This solution enables employees to access their workplace computers from remote locations as if they were sitting physically in front of their desktops at the workplace.
The options of creating VPN, Analog, PPTP and PPPoE Dial-up connections are included in all Xtreme PC EX thin clients. Image 6.x.x now offers Advanced VPN, enabling to control the use of the LAN's default gateway while a network connection is active. Another option is to run a connection (e.g.ICA/RDP etc.) automatically upon launching a VPN/Dial up connection
Supported Scenarios Chip PC thin clients – the Xtreme PC EX series – provide support for variety of remote connectivity scenarios. The user may be connecting to Terminal Services Server (if available) or even to his/her workplace PC. The PC, of course, must stay on and the only software needed is standard XP Operating System that includes a built-in RDP (Remote-Desktop Protocol) connection.
Figure 1 - Scenario 1: Connecting from home to work PC with standard XP Pro OS (RDP)
Figure 2 - Scenario 2: Connecting from home to work Terminal Server (RDP or ICA)
Figure 3 - Scenario 3: Connecting from home to ASP / ISP service
In any of these scenarios, you can have access to a Windows session that is running on your computer or to the organization's Terminal Server when you are using an Xtreme PC at home. This means that you can connect to your work computer/server from home and have access to all of your applications, files, and network resources as though you were in front of your workstation at work.
Chip PC offers Remote connectivity with the highest security standards by using double-tunnel, encapsulated VPN connection to from the thin client to the ISP and from the thin client to the organization's VPN server.
To sum up, Chip PC now joins up with a market trend aimed at enhancing remote access to computers at the workplace and promoting collaboration at the workplace:
- Working at home/remote locations - Access work in progress on your office computer from home, including full access to all local and remote devices
- Collaborating - Bring your desktop to a colleague's office to debug some code, update a PowerPoint slide presentation, or proofread a document.
Typical Applications
Since ADSL and Cable modems are very popular and cost effective today, the range of possible applications is large. Just to mention a few examples:
- Home use of workplace desktop. This method is very efficient for software developers that require large local environments and powerful PC to compile and test their work
- Small remote office connected to centralized office or to ASP
- Remote employees, call centers, support lines
- Disaster recovery plan (stand-by system)
- Work e-mail access from home. Replacing laptop
- Progressive professional home training (insurance, banking, health-care, engineering, airlines, defense)
- Education systems (open universities, school teachers, students)
- Military reserve home access
- Computers for hotel guest rooms
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