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I'd go with a router level VPN solution.
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Hi Everyone,

We're about to have a situation where we'll have an iSeries in one location
and a handful of users doing data entry and printing at another location
several thousand miles away (all within continental US). I believe that all
the remote devices can be set up with IP (that's being confirmed), and so I
think the only communication protocol we'll need will be IP. (If it turns
out that SNA is necessary, I know that will add a wrinkle to this.) I think
it's possible that we'll also  have some sort of PC network connection
between the two sites (NetWare), but I'm not sure about that.

We're not going into this blind, but given that things seem to change all
the time I thought it might be helpful to find out how others are handling
similar situations. As I understand it, we have three basic options: private
phone line between the two locations (probably a fractional T1); public
connection over the internet (no, we don't want to do that :-); or VPN. I'm
ruling out frame relay because we don't expect a lot of traffic, and of
course my boss wants to go for a low-cost solution.

Are there any other options that we might want to look at? Does anyone have
any comments about good/bad ways to go? I'd appreciate any advice anyone
wants to share -- either on the list or privately.

Thanks very much!




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