Hi I was think out the benefits of cloud computing whereby different computers have access to one system's resources. So I was wondering if one can be able to create a cloud environment offline whereby multiple systems can access the resources of the main system. For example, main system has office 2007 and system a,b,c etc can all have access to the office 2007 software but their work is saved on their own system. Someone spoke of team viewer but the problem of teamviewer is that it controls the mouse which is not what am thinking. Pls is it possible

hisblud:
Hi I was think out the benefits of cloud computing whereby different computers have access to one system's resources. So I was wondering if one can be able to create a cloud environment offline whereby multiple systems can access the resources of the main system. For example, main system has office 2007 and system a,b,c etc can all have access to the office 2007 software but their work is saved on their own system. Someone spoke of team viewer but the problem of teamviewer is that it controls the mouse which is not what am thinking. Pls is it possible

Yes. It is possible. I have done that several times in my lab.

alienvirus:
Yes. It is possible. I have done that several times in my lab.

wow that's great, how was it possible? Could you be kind 'to share?

hisblud:
wow that's great, how was it possible? Could you be kind 'to share?

I may not be able to go into details about what I did. But read up or watch video lecture how to setup a Terminal Server and hosts to connect the server. That is all you need to do.

alienvirus:
I may not be able to go into details about what I did. But read up or watch video lecture how to setup a Terminal Server and hosts to connect the server. That is all you need to do.

Thanks, you have shown me the way, will gladly do but pls will ask for your help as I continue. Thank

No problem Sir.

hisblud:


Thanks, you have shown me the way, will gladly do but pls will ask for your help as I continue. Thank

@alienvirus

after doing my research, i was really pleased with what you guided me to do...

now that i have found what i need, i want to ask... can i make a LAN with only a D-Link 8 Port Switch to connect to say 8 systems. i dont want to connect to the internet for now. is it possible? i tried checking and what i get is router connects to the internet...?

hisblud:
@alienvirus

after doing my research, i was really pleased with what you guided me to do...

now that i have found what i need, i want to ask... can i make a LAN with only a D-Link 8 Port Switch to connect to say 8 systems. i dont want to connect to the internet for now. is it possible? i tried checking and what i get is router connects to the internet...?

Yes you can do that. It is the simplest and easiest thing to do. Just give your systems the same Private IP Address range and the same Subnet mask. You are done.

Router is not necessary in a LAN except when you are connecting to another network eg Internet.

Feel free to ask questions if I am not clear enough.

thank you very much