Re: Not From home/Office access to i5

["Kyle Collie" <kcollie@xxxxxxxxx>]

When you say that you "tether" it to your laptop, what exacltly do you mean?

Kyle

On 6/5/07, albartell <albartell@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I have a 8300 Blackberry that has become part of my hip I use it so much.  I
> have service through Verizon which includes unlimited data.  I "tether" it
> up to my laptop and have full access to email/i5/web/remote desktop/etc.
> Works great.  When I need to get into my i5 back at the office I log into a
> VPN appliance called Net Extender from Sonicwall.
>
> On another note you can get 5250 emulation on your blackberry which I
> haven't tried yet.
>
> HTH,
> Aaron Bartell
> http://mowyourlawn.com
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Mark Allen
> Sent: Tuesday, June 05, 2007 6:56 PM
> To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
> Subject: Not From home/Office access to i5
>
> I am looking into way(s) to access our i5 when I am not at home or the
> office.  We use Verizon as our corporate cell phone provider.
>
> All we really need is a way to check running jobs, answer error messages, do
> some quick queries/checks on user setup (mostly in data files), maybe (?)
> make some quick code changes, etc.  We can access our i5 either thru a
> direct dial # into the network, RAS? (so my boss says, I've never tried it,
> guess I shoudl from home) or via Citrix over the internet.  Key issues would
> be cost, reliability and ease of use.  I am thinking a PDA type device?
> Recommendations/warnings would be appreciated.
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