In most cases, the best way to do remote box office is to set up a Terminal Services server inside your network and provide a VPN solution from the remote site to the router.
An inexpensive Linksys VPN router will provide adequate router to router VPN services at a good price - or will provide remote VPN software for computer-to-router VPN. More expensive routers like Cisco have VPN software that accompanies the router as well.
In all cases, remote box office or work at home should be set up using a VPN connection.
If you are using remote box office and ticket scanning for access control at the same venue, you just need to connect the ticket scanner to your ticketing web site. It can use the VPN, but does not have to. so connecting to any wifi point with external access is fine. |