Hi Guys,
I was wondering if any of you have experience of using logmein to setup a vpn between your programming device and a plc inside an external network?
I would like to remote service an ML1400 and Panelview+6 1000 on a site about 60 miles from my base. This does not have a local pc directly connected to it. The programming software is only on my laptop. The IT management company has allowed me to run an ethernet connection from a hub in the same building to my ethernet switch and have given me IP addresses to use. They then set me up with a logmein VPN to the site server and have seemingly given me full access to the sites network. I'm not comfortable with this level of access, I asked them to provide me with a VPN connection to their hub and restricted access to only the 2 IP addresses I need connectivity with.
Anyway, using logmein when i am at the dashboard I can select to remotely control the server computer. (This I don't want to do.) If I select open tcp/ip ports I can see the IP addresses the PLC and HMI are connected at. How do I then go about getting RSLinx to connect to the PLC? How do I go about connecting to the Panelview?
Any help on this would be greatly appreciated.
thanks
Jonny
I was wondering if any of you have experience of using logmein to setup a vpn between your programming device and a plc inside an external network?
I would like to remote service an ML1400 and Panelview+6 1000 on a site about 60 miles from my base. This does not have a local pc directly connected to it. The programming software is only on my laptop. The IT management company has allowed me to run an ethernet connection from a hub in the same building to my ethernet switch and have given me IP addresses to use. They then set me up with a logmein VPN to the site server and have seemingly given me full access to the sites network. I'm not comfortable with this level of access, I asked them to provide me with a VPN connection to their hub and restricted access to only the 2 IP addresses I need connectivity with.
Anyway, using logmein when i am at the dashboard I can select to remotely control the server computer. (This I don't want to do.) If I select open tcp/ip ports I can see the IP addresses the PLC and HMI are connected at. How do I then go about getting RSLinx to connect to the PLC? How do I go about connecting to the Panelview?
Any help on this would be greatly appreciated.
thanks
Jonny