Remote connecting PCs to a Mac Server

[jonnynono]

I have been enjoying the Mac Server we installed for our company. It has been easy to have employees remote connect from home using their Macs.

But I have employees that have PCs that would also like to access files from home and I haven't had any luck finding information on how to do that. Even the Mac OS X Server training book I bought doesn't have any information.

Can anyone tell me the best way to connect to a Mac Server remotely using a PC? I'd like the share points to show up as a networked drives just as they do when connecting locally.

Thanks for looking this over.

 

[talmy]

And I'm upset that Bonjour doesn't work over VPN so my Mac doesn't see the systems on the LAN!

When I want to remotely access from a Windows machine I use WinSCP and have SSH service enabled on the server. It may not be as polished as the systems appearing in Windows Explorer, but it does work!

 

[AtariMac]

I admin an OS X Server 10.5.8 and have PC and Mac users remotely connect via VPN. PPTP seems to work better for Windows clients, but L2TP can be used as well. I personally found L2TP to be somewhat challenging to set up on Windows XP. Mac clients can use either PPTP/L2tp without issue.

 

[jonnynono]

Is there a setup guide available for setting up VPN in OSX SL Server? Specifically what ports I need to forward?

 

[talmy]

It's actually in the SLS documentation. I've got all the files installed and just use Spotlight to search.

You need to forward UDP 500, 1701, and 4500 for L2TP.