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Originally Posted by freecia
(Post 32177745)
I have been saying I wish I could take my office chair (Aeron Size A) home. Not sure it would fit in my car's back seat. My team mate shared a sit stand desk which the local Costco might carry. My desk is an older Ikea desk which works for me as I rarely stand to work. I did bring home a keyboard & mouse wrist rest and made a foot rest with a few old large books and binder. My "laptop stand" is the box it came in but I might see if IT can lend me a slightly taller one for home use.
Just got to make sure I still stand up and move about. Most importantly, I shouldn't put my laptop on the corner (aka horrible position) and twist to view it as the web cam/second screen. I switch between standing and sitting while a video is playing for the participants. The sit-stand cycle is around 10-15 minutes each. |
Originally Posted by DYKWIA
(Post 32176107)
What does it matter what's behind you? Why would anybody care?
I had earphones set to auto-answer and we sorted the issue. The caller then commented that it was a very clear call and he could hear running water in the background and asked where I was. In my waders in a river fly-fishing on one of the finest salmon beats in the country! He was beavering away in London and his single word response questioned my parents marital status :D But wanting to maintain professional appearances might not allow that in many circumstances. |
Originally Posted by gfunkdave
(Post 32173742)
You forgot Teams! Microsoft is discontinuing Skype for Business this year and replacing it with Teams. Teams is great.
Originally Posted by tentseller
(Post 32176626)
If you don't care about a professional image then "nothing really matters".
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Originally Posted by Efrem
(Post 32169364)
Companies that let employees work from home without confirming the security of their home networks are opening up huge security holes. It's only a matter of time - and probably not much time - before the bad guys start jumping through these holes and making off with the corporate crown jewels. The collective database exposure of all these home workers can dwarf exploits like the data thefts from Equifax, Target, and all the others you've probably heard of.
Totally agree. Most companies' IT department would/should address this issue prior to use. |
Is there an easy way to run my Windows laptop through my desktop Mac with some sort of wired connection? I currently use Remote Desktop, which generally works but takes a while to set up each time. The address seems to always change and it's a bit of wasted time each morning to reconnect.
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Originally Posted by OskiBear
(Post 32183882)
Is there an easy way to run my Windows laptop through my desktop Mac with some sort of wired connection? I currently use Remote Desktop, which generally works but takes a while to set up each time. The address seems to always change and it's a bit of wasted time each morning to reconnect.
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It's going to be interesting to see which teleconference service providers survive the onslaught of neophyte "distance workers".
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Originally Posted by allset2travel
(Post 32181723)
My Bold
Totally agree. Most companies' IT department would/should address this issue prior to use. Despite it’s name, the coronavirus doesn’t affect computer networks. |
Originally Posted by OskiBear
(Post 32183882)
Is there an easy way to run my Windows laptop through my desktop Mac with some sort of wired connection? I currently use Remote Desktop, which generally works but takes a while to set up each time. The address seems to always change and it's a bit of wasted time each morning to reconnect.
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Originally Posted by HDQDD
(Post 32185535)
What issue? None of this is new. Most employees take their phones and laptops home every night and use them on their home networks. If they want to access files/sites on the company network, they VPN. Hacking a good VPN tunnel would be extremely difficult. The beauty of VPNs is that you can limit where on your corporate network that each user is allowed to go. If you wanted to each user could have different permissions.
Despite it’s name, the coronavirus doesn’t affect computer networks. |
Originally Posted by OskiBear
(Post 32183882)
Is there an easy way to run my Windows laptop through my desktop Mac with some sort of wired connection? I currently use Remote Desktop, which generally works but takes a while to set up each time. The address seems to always change and it's a bit of wasted time each morning to reconnect.
Originally Posted by javabytes
(Post 32186265)
Log in to your router and assign a fixed IP address to the computer you Remote Desktop into.
There are a couple of different ways to accomplish this; the easiest is to use a feature common to most modern routers called DHCP* Reservation or Address Reservation and will usually be found in the LAN Settings section of your router's configuration. Assuming you reserve the address that DHCP has currently allocated for your Windows laptop, you won't need to do anything in Windows to enable this once the router is configured. Refer to your router vendor's support/documentation for configuring a device to use this feature. * Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol |
I work from home 80% of the time but my most important aspects are;
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Originally Posted by HDQDD
(Post 32185535)
What issue? None of this is new. Most employees take their phones and laptops home every night and use them on their home networks. If they want to access files/sites on the company network, they VPN. Hacking a good VPN tunnel would be extremely difficult. The beauty of VPNs is that you can limit where on your corporate network that each user is allowed to go. If you wanted to each user could have different permissions.
Despite it’s name, the coronavirus doesn’t affect computer networks.
Originally Posted by javabytes
(Post 32186278)
Agreed. And also when traveling. Companies have long assumed the networks employees connect from outside the office may be unsafe (hotels, cafes, etc.).
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Originally Posted by Craig6z
(Post 32176265)
Maintain a professional image.
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Originally Posted by MSPeconomist
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Also privacy/security in that you might not want a random business contact to see personal items in your home or details of where you live. For example, even in a dedicated home office, architectural details could permit someone to know where you live (distinctive condo building features or view from window) and you might not want to show family photos or particular personal items, such as something that could identify your religion.
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