mtutaj Posted January 26, 2006 Share Posted January 26, 2006 Has anyone gotten this to work? I have (6) six dual-core systems that are available to me to render on. Problem is that they are off-site. What is the best way to incorporate them into the workflow? Worst case is that I install vnc and file transfer the .zip over and get them working as a seperate farm. but I would like to be able to run the manager here. Thanks, Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJLynn Posted January 26, 2006 Share Posted January 26, 2006 Vpn? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtutaj Posted January 26, 2006 Author Share Posted January 26, 2006 If that is the only way to go, what do I need to do to set that up with WinXP? I have already tried to open the ports on the router. Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJLynn Posted January 26, 2006 Share Posted January 26, 2006 You need some VPN software, there's a bunch out there but I haven't really researched the particular packages. You're familiar with the concept? Encrypted link that lets a computer on the WAN look like it's on the LAN - then you can use Backburner or whatever, some remote management software would help - things like scripts to start and stop the net render clients on the machines - that's all had a lot of discussion on various forums. Because of bandwidth issues, you'll want the managing computer to be on the farm side and have it so you can upload your files to that, use command line to initiate the render and get the results when done. I wouldn't recommend trying to do something like Vray distributed render with the machine at your location controlling - bandwidth would kill you. I guess the other option would be to have the managing computer on the farm side run an FTP (or better yet SCP or SFTP) and an SSH server, use that to upload the files, SSH in and initiate the render. IIRC Windows has a built in telnetd, but it's not secure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtutaj Posted January 26, 2006 Author Share Posted January 26, 2006 I'll have to do some research on the software then. I am not using Vray, but I do use FR. I could set up one of the machines as a manager on the remote side. I am not too worried about bandwidth at this point. so I don't mind the Trial and error. Let me know if you run across any VPN software that you find that might work. Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bokkins Posted January 26, 2006 Share Posted January 26, 2006 hi. I think VPN is a complicated thing with security issues and others, my idea is, why don't you try running it on an open network first since you are just doing some trial and error, then securing it comes next. maybe a simple broadband connection. also, backburner will handle the rest, vray or fr wont matter too. good luck! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJLynn Posted January 26, 2006 Share Posted January 26, 2006 No, security comes first. This is Windows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtutaj Posted January 26, 2006 Author Share Posted January 26, 2006 already tried backburner on a broadband connection. with the 2 ports open, firewall turned off on my machine where the manager was working. remote system just timed out Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtutaj Posted January 27, 2006 Author Share Posted January 27, 2006 any other suggestions? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJLynn Posted January 27, 2006 Share Posted January 27, 2006 Try the things I said instead of Backburner over WAN, or try Autodesk tech support or documentation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtutaj Posted January 29, 2006 Author Share Posted January 29, 2006 ok, I got the VPN working, at least I know that the client is connected to my computer. now the problem that I am having, is that that other computer is on a completely different IP range. Could that be the problem? Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJLynn Posted January 29, 2006 Share Posted January 29, 2006 You should be able to use the VPN to put the computers on the same IP range, that's a pretty normal function - making the 'virtual' network emulate a single 'real' network. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtutaj Posted January 29, 2006 Author Share Posted January 29, 2006 thats what I thought. Just have no time to mess around, but need the functionality.. What else is new, right... Will post what I find. Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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