The Notebook Review forums were hosted by TechTarget, who shut down them down on January 31, 2022. This static read-only archive was pulled by NBR forum users between January 20 and January 31, 2022, in an effort to make sure that the valuable technical information that had been posted on the forums is preserved. For current discussions, many NBR forum users moved over to NotebookTalk.net after the shutdown.
Problems? See this thread at archive.org.

    VPN with Windows Home Server

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by yoss15, Jul 30, 2010.

  1. yoss15

    yoss15 Newbie

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    4
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    5
    Hey,

    I've been searching for a way to access my Windows Home Server (WHS) from my computer as if I was on my home network from anywhere. This way I can easily back up every night even when I'm away at university.

    The best way I can think of is by using a VPN but I'm not very experienced with them. Any ideas or help with this would be greatly appreciated and if the solution is free even better.
     
    yoss15, Jul 30, 2010
    #1
  2. crazycanuk

    crazycanuk Notebook Virtuoso

    Reputations:
    1,354
    Messages:
    2,705
    Likes Received:
    3
    Trophy Points:
    56
    teamviewer.com

    I use the host only download
     
    crazycanuk, Jul 30, 2010
    #2
  3. soulbrotha80

    soulbrotha80 Notebook Enthusiast

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    22
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    5
    soulbrotha80, Jul 30, 2010
    #3
  4. crazycanuk

    crazycanuk Notebook Virtuoso

    Reputations:
    1,354
    Messages:
    2,705
    Likes Received:
    3
    Trophy Points:
    56
    I find logmein and hamachi somewhat a pain when running on WHS or Server 03 or 08, decent software on the desktop OS's though
     
    crazycanuk, Jul 30, 2010
    #4
  5. soulbrotha80

    soulbrotha80 Notebook Enthusiast

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    22
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    5
    I don't know about WHS, but I have used LogMeIn for Server 03 and 08 and found it just the same as using it for a desktop OS. But I do agree with you on Hamachi.
     
    soulbrotha80, Jul 30, 2010
    #5
  6. DetlevCM

    DetlevCM Notebook Nobel Laureate

    Reputations:
    4,843
    Messages:
    8,389
    Likes Received:
    1
    Trophy Points:
    205
    TeamViewer possibly won't work in the free version on Windows Home Server as it will recognize it as a Server OS.

    You could use a web interface - there is a way to have your home server run a website that allows you to log in - now how its done I don't know.

    (But I hope I will be in a position where I need to find out in abotu 3 weeks)
     
    DetlevCM, Jul 31, 2010
    #6
  7. atbnet

    atbnet Notebook Prophet

    Reputations:
    5,868
    Messages:
    5,889
    Likes Received:
    2
    Trophy Points:
    206
    There have been some attempts to establish a connection to the WHS through a VPN for the backup, however from what I've read the success varies. It really is a local only product.
     
    atbnet, Jul 31, 2010
    #7
  8. crazycanuk

    crazycanuk Notebook Virtuoso

    Reputations:
    1,354
    Messages:
    2,705
    Likes Received:
    3
    Trophy Points:
    56
    another option depending on your network skill is to use a router which you can flash DD-WRT onto and use the PPTP vpn abilities to access your WHS. ot may sound complicated but it is actually very easy if you are paitent and dont mind reading

    this is what I do at home with an old WRT-54GL router and it has been trouble free for over 3 years
     
    crazycanuk, Aug 1, 2010
    #8
  9. atbnet

    atbnet Notebook Prophet

    Reputations:
    5,868
    Messages:
    5,889
    Likes Received:
    2
    Trophy Points:
    206
    Are you able to backup outside of your home network with the PPTP VPN or just access the network share?
     
    atbnet, Aug 1, 2010
    #9
  10. crazycanuk

    crazycanuk Notebook Virtuoso

    Reputations:
    1,354
    Messages:
    2,705
    Likes Received:
    3
    Trophy Points:
    56
    full backups, incremental backups, access shares and all, it creates a true PPTP tunnel and acts as if you are actually physically hardcabled to your server.

    but be warned you can only move data as fast as you can upload to your server.
    ( I mostly use this trick for businesses needing access to data on servers and backup at night )
     
    crazycanuk, Aug 1, 2010
    #10
  11. atbnet

    atbnet Notebook Prophet

    Reputations:
    5,868
    Messages:
    5,889
    Likes Received:
    2
    Trophy Points:
    206
    Sounds good I might give that a try. I have some free rackspace and I was thinking about using WHS for an offsite backup system in addition to the local backup.
     
    atbnet, Aug 1, 2010
    #11
  12. crazycanuk

    crazycanuk Notebook Virtuoso

    Reputations:
    1,354
    Messages:
    2,705
    Likes Received:
    3
    Trophy Points:
    56
    it works fantasiic for that ... I have 15 companies doing backups to a server here through a single 54GL, granted I DO stagger their autoconnects and we all run a good upload speed as well.

    give it a go its pretty darn cheap for the hardware nowadays ( under $60 )
     
    crazycanuk, Aug 1, 2010
    #12