[Samba] Windows drive mapping using alternate port

[Chris Weiss]

depends on the specific vpn solution you pick.  pretty sure they all
some option like that

On Thu, Feb 6, 2014 at 2:19 PM, Kris Springer
<kspringer at innovateteam.com> wrote:
> Unchecking such a box would be ideal and may solve my problem.  Where is
> this checkbox found?
>
> Thanks.
> Kris
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Chris Weiss [mailto:cweiss at gmail.com]
> Sent: Thursday, February 06, 2014 12:11 PM
> To: Kris Springer
> Cc: Günter Kukkukk; samba
> Subject: Re: [Samba] Windows drive mapping using alternate port
>
> On Thu, Feb 6, 2014 at 2:04 PM, Kris Springer <kspringer at innovateteam.com>
> wrote:
>> I've got 50 remote users possibly doubling in the next year.  The idea
>> is to map a drive that they have easy and constant access to.  If I
>> tell everyone to VPN then the traffic on my server's network will go
>> through the roof since all traffic for everyone will route through the
>> VPN and not their local networks for regular internet use.  Skype
>> would become unusable as well as a few other things.  A VPN would be
>> ideal if it were only a few users that accessed the shares
>> intermittently, but for 50+ users with constant access it's not really
>> feasible.  Is this starting to sound like a situation where remote
>> access just isn't going to work?  Is Samba simply a local file sharing
> server that isn't really useful in today's remote world?
>> Is there some other alternative that someone could suggest?
>>
>
> uncheck the "route all traffic through vpn" box.
>