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Remote Desktop assistance

Here is my current scenario:

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Guest [Entry]

"To do (most of) this, you simply need to enable SMB/port 137 from the router to each pc.

However, I really would not recommend this at all. Nearly all remote hacks or attacks against Windows take advantage of machines that have file sharing on and are directly connected to the internet. You can look at technologies such as IPSec, but for a small environment, it will most likely be too much trouble to implement.

Audio/Video conferencing should work over the internet without problem (but it depends on the program).

File sharing can be accomplished with Mesh or DropBox.

Print sharing - I do not have a good solution for this.

Remote desktop will work over the internet if you forward port 3389 from your router to each machine... And you can actually print remotely over Remote Desktop if you share the printer, so this may be a solution.

You may also want to take a look at VPN technology such as Hamachi. Then it will be as if the machines are on the same network."
Guest [Entry]

"I use Logmein.com. They have a PRO option that enabled all your wish list.

Hamachi did the job but my connection was so slow, I was not able to do it with satisfactory result."