General which method to use questions

Is there a good tutorial on remote access?

The office has a server and workstations. Just adding one
work-from-home setup at the moment, but... I'm sure we'll need more in
the future. Concerned about having to have an office computer available
for each connection from a home. Mostly database work. I've seen Remote
Desktop work very fast. We could opt for actually running the database
program on the home computer and accessing the work server. I assume
the trade offs are that would be slower but wouldn't require a
dedicated PC at work.

Also looking at VPN software vs VPN routers.

Thanks,
Tom

best sites around for the VPN learning curve

http://www.chicagotech.net/
http://www.howtonetworking.com/index.htm
http://www.commentcamarche.net/ (french site)

HTH


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> Is there a good tutorial on remote access?
>
> The office has a server and workstations. Just adding one
> work-from-home setup at the moment, but... I'm sure we'll need more in
> the future. Concerned about having to have an office computer available
> for each connection from a home. Mostly database work. I've seen Remote
> Desktop work very fast. We could opt for actually running the database
> program on the home computer and accessing the work server. I assume
> the trade offs are that would be slower but wouldn't require a
> dedicated PC at work.
>
> Also looking at VPN software vs VPN routers.
>
> Thanks,
> Tom
>