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I did a search on VPN's but nothing came up. Anyway, I can not get ANY of several VPN's to execute AC through the VPN. They keep telling me to run AC as an Administrator which I do but it still won't launch. Any ideas on what I need to do? Thank you.

I have tried Hamachi 2, Gbridge, EasyVPN to name the most well known ones. I can share all other files, just can't get AC to run. I tried to reset the pathway but can't seem to figure it out and I'm sure that's the problem. I have tried for 3 solid days now and I give up and am hoping someone else on here has already been there, done that.

I am only familiar with Hamachi, which works excellently for me.

Is it set up correctly? Once Hamachi is set up, all the office computers should appear in the "Network" window on your home computer, as long as the "gateway" computer on the office network is on and connected to the internet. So you can do anything that you can do as if that home computer is physically on the office network.

Here are the install steps I did:
1. Create an account on LogMeIn.com, if you don't have one.
2. Sign into your online LogMeIn account on your outside computer and also your gateway computer at the office, download and install the free version of Hamachi on each.
3. On your office network gateway computer, use Hamachi to setup a new network. Choose "gateway" as the network type. The computer setting up the new network is automatically a member, but you also have to designate it as the "gateway".
4. On your home computer open Hamachi and type in the network name that you created and you should see your home computer name added to the network. The office computers should begin to appear on your Network window at home in a minute or so.
5. Use Amazing Utilities on your home computer to reset the paths and connect to your main computer database in the office.

Hello wwpp,

Dr. John has explained very lucidly about the remote desktop connection. I am using LogMeIn as well when I travel.

There are different ways to connect via VPN. If you want very high security connection, Citrix has a VPN client that you install on the office desktop (or server) and your home (or laptop) computer.

VPN requires a static IP address for the office computer. You can request a static IP from the internet provider company like Comcast, Brighthouse, etc. Then you configure your VPN network connection on the computer. (How to configure the connection depends on what Operating System you have on the office computer like Windows server 2003 or 2008, XP, Vista or 7, etc. More or less the set up is the same except server OS like Windows 2003 or 2008). It is simple, a sample video for XP is here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iNviKTWjU4c&feature=related

Hope this helps.

-Sachin

Ok. Thanks. I will try to do it over. I may have left a step out. I just don't understand how it can ping both ways and also chat but won't correctly open the AC program.

It could be as simple as redirecting AC to the remote database.

I have a laptop and a pc in my office networked to AC.Can I use
a Hamachi vpn in the same office to allow me to use Dragon directly in AC
Art Lukoff