I am trying to help a friend who has a peer to peer LAN. Each PC runs W7 Home Premium.
His phone company [ TPC ] wants remote access. TPC said they need toinstall some software on the LAN's server. TPC person with whom I spoke [ admin person, not tech support person ] was unaware if their software can run on a peer to peer LAN. Said person didn't know on which OSs their software will run.
The LAN sits behind a DSL router/ modem, for internet access.
All computers on the LAN use ethernet.
I have used NT4 & Win2000 Pro & XP Pro as servers. I have no experience with Linux.
Is there a version of W7 which can function as a server, using W7 software?
If not, is there a 3rd party program taht can be installed on W7? If so, which program?
I've searched through hundreds of links. I must not be using the correct search string.
Thanks for your help.
wc00
His phone company [ TPC ] wants remote access. TPC said they need toinstall some software on the LAN's server. TPC person with whom I spoke [ admin person, not tech support person ] was unaware if their software can run on a peer to peer LAN. Said person didn't know on which OSs their software will run.
The LAN sits behind a DSL router/ modem, for internet access.
All computers on the LAN use ethernet.
I have used NT4 & Win2000 Pro & XP Pro as servers. I have no experience with Linux.
Is there a version of W7 which can function as a server, using W7 software?
If not, is there a 3rd party program taht can be installed on W7? If so, which program?
I've searched through hundreds of links. I must not be using the correct search string.
Thanks for your help.
wc00