We have our head office, that has a static ip and two windows servers a domain server and a file server.
We have another office that only has a router and a pc (with a static ip address) now my aim is to connect using VPN which is easy enough however connecting to the printer at the remote location do i need to open port 445 for this to work? also i have read that port 445 is a dangerous port to open to everybody so would you suggest restricting port 445 to the 2 static IP addresses, or does anyone have any better suggestions as to a better way to do this?
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Ah, reality check: A vpn is there to create a virtual network. So, "open port 445" does not mean "to the world" but "to YOUR network" which in this case goes over the VPN to the remote location, too.
A good book about netwroking basics may be in order - you seem to have a misunderstanding what a VPN is, fundamentally.