Mark Minasi's Reader Forum
Mark Minasi's Reader Forum
Home | Profile | Register | Active Topics | Active Polls | Members | Search | FAQ | Minasi Forum RSS Feed
Username:
 Password:
Save Password
Forgot your Password?

 All Forums
 Email, Databases, Sharepoint and more
 Lync and OCS
 Lync over VPN		  New Topic  Reply to Topic
 Printer Friendly
Author Previous Topic Topic Next Topic  

tomo999
Here To Stay

United Kingdom
179 Posts
Status: offline
Posted - 06/27/2012 :  10:53:48 AM  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Hi Folks,

I'm just looking at the option of allowing remote access users to connect to our Standard Lync server for everything other than Voice & Video.

At present, remote access users come in over a VPN which terminates at our firewall. I have created a new firewall rule to allow these users access to the Lync server itself (over all ports), and presence and IM seems to work (I can also get the share desktop working but that involved a peer-to-peer rule which we cannot keep in place).

The one thing I can't working is the "New Whiteboard" or "New Poll" etc.

Does anyone know of a way to allow Lync to work over a VPN? For now we don't want to put an Edge server in.

Any help is appreciated.
Matt.

Failure is an indispensable prerequisite of success. It is how you learn the lessons you need.

Pesos
Honorable But Hopeless Addict

USA
3504 Posts
Status: offline
Posted - 06/30/2012 :  5:14:20 PM  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Any reason you don't want to go edge? Not sure what you want to do will be possible without it... Too much routing weirdness.
-Wes
Go to Top of Page

Pesos
Honorable But Hopeless Addict

USA
3504 Posts
Status: offline
Posted - 06/30/2012 :  5:14:52 PM  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
p.s. there is now a lync-specific forum!
-Wes
Go to Top of Page

tomo999
Here To Stay

United Kingdom
179 Posts
Status: offline
Posted - 07/03/2012 :  07:23:37 AM  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Well, it was mostly costs as we are already 'allowing' remote users onto our network via VPN it makes sense to keep all the software running through the same connection.

p.s. I posted this question before the Lync forum was created!! I can't move it, but if an admin could then I'd appreciate it...
Matt.

Failure is an indispensable prerequisite of success. It is how you learn the lessons you need.
Go to Top of Page

Olaip
Welcome Newcomer

1 Posts
Status: offline
Posted - 12/04/2012 :  10:18:52 AM  Show Profile  Visit Olaip's Homepage  Reply with Quote
quote:
Originally posted by tomo999

Well, it was mostly costs as we are already 'allowing' remote users onto our network via VPN it makes sense to keep all the software running through the same connection.

p.s. I posted this question before the http://www.mvc.de/ucc-lync/unified-communications/microsoft-lync-ocs/ forum was created!! I can't move it, but if an admin could then I'd appreciate it...


how many vpn access do you have`?
Edited by - Olaip on 12/04/2012 10:22:05 AM
Go to Top of Page

ledson
Major Contributor

USA
1196 Posts
Status: offline
Posted - 12/04/2012 :  5:32:59 PM  Show Profile  Visit ledson's Homepage  Reply with Quote
The desktop sharing function opens a wide range of random TCP and UDP ports, the port count is: 443,5061,8057,49152-65535. That's probably what's breaking.

Here's a good article to lock that down: http://www.shudnow.net/2010/12/06/lync-server-2010-port-ranges-and-audiomedia-negotiation/

Luke Edson
CCIE, CISSP, MCITP:Lync,Exchange,AD, MCSE:Communication (Lync 2013)
Go to Top of Page
  Previous Topic Topic Next Topic  
 New Topic  Reply to Topic
 Printer Friendly
Jump To:
Mark Minasi's Reader Forum © 2002-2011 Mark Minasi Go To Top Of Page
This page was generated in 0.09 seconds. Snitz Forums 2000