manoman81 Posted February 13, 2006 Share Posted February 13, 2006 So, I'm trying to remote into my desktop at home while I'm on campus. I can remote in with no problem while I'm on my home network (obviously). What I need to figure out is how to connect using IP. I have the dns info from Yahoo! DSL (I think), the IP for the connection from Yahoo! DSL, and I know my router info and the IP for my computer from the router. Is there something else that I need and how do I enter it all in correctly? BTW, all machines running XP have remote access capabilities. XP Pro gives you more options though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zappa_0 Posted February 13, 2006 Share Posted February 13, 2006 Hmm idk, have you ever looked into those that they show on tv all the time? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manoman81 Posted February 13, 2006 Author Share Posted February 13, 2006 Hmm idk, have you ever looked into those that they show on tv all the time? Huh? Those what? Well, after doing some reading and talking to others, I figured it out. I just need to open a couple of ports and do some port forwarding I have to do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zappa_0 Posted February 13, 2006 Share Posted February 13, 2006 Ok cool, glad you got it fixed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MTV2 Posted February 16, 2006 Share Posted February 16, 2006 Hmm idk, have you ever looked into those that they show on tv all the time? pc anywhere? thats what i have, i sorta like it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manoman81 Posted February 16, 2006 Author Share Posted February 16, 2006 pc anywhere? thats what i have, i sorta like it. My dad use to have a copy of that back in, like, '95. Any thoughts on it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BCanr2d2 Posted February 17, 2006 Share Posted February 17, 2006 Hate it. But that's only because it's scripting language sucked. Not a great fan of anything Symantec, seem too resource hungry. Use Remote Access all the time. V easy with MSTSC in XP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Char Ell Posted February 17, 2006 Share Posted February 17, 2006 My thoughts on pcANYWHERE? Why spend the $ to buy it when you can use XP's built-in Remote Desktop and not spend any additional money? Of course I'm assuming you would use legit software... Sounds like you got everything figured out to get Remote Desktop working from outside your LAN. All you should need to do on your LAN router is set it to forward port 3389 (I think) to the IP address of the computer you want to control. The only other thing I can think of is what OS the computer(s) you use at school run. If it's anything prior to Windows XP then you will need to make sure either the RDC client or the Active X RDWC client <link> is installed otherwise you won't be able to connect to your host PC at home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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