How can I connect to my home computer from work?

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If you are not using a router.... you will need to change the port number in the registry.

Hi, I find all coments very interested but my case is totally different. I have two routers at home. One connects to Internet with my ISP, the other connects three computers and a camera wirelessly. The thing is that I'd like one of my routers to update my IP address at the DynDNS.org service (onle the Linksys can do that), but it won't detect the correct IP adress assigned by my ISP. It only detects the IP assigned to it by the other router connected to the ISP. So when I go to DynDNS, it shows that my IP address is sonething like 10.0.0.0

Any thoughts on how to solve this?

Thanks a lot.

Ruben Hiciano, in order for you to accuratly view your internet IP, you need to set up the IP update function on the router connected to the modem. That is the only way you can get that IP address. I am using a Linksys BEFSX41 Broadband Firewall Router for that very reason. It splits my internet connection for me to my computers. I can also hook up a wireless router after the broadband router and it will work. I suggest you go to http://linksys.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/linksys.cfg/php/enduser/std_alp.php?p_sid=8kVZJZ9i and search for your router and maaby look at their support and FAQ pages. Hope this helps- Shadoe McClure, IT Department

I had to bridge across FOUR routers to get from my work to my home. I wound up using OpenVPN and an external server to create my own private GotoMyPC-type service. Worked great! It took me longer to research the solution than it did to get it working.

I wrote it about it here:
http://www.philhord.com/phord/free-gotomypc-like-vpn-traversing-three-firewalls/

Hello,

You can try out Logmein.com trial (30days) ,which will eventually become a free version. You are free to add many computers and access your PC from anywhere. Alternatively, you can try out Hamachi.cc 's Virtual Lan feature. If you have configured your PC to allow Remote Desktop Connection, you can actually use the IP assigned to you by Hamachi, to connect to your PC, just like in the LAN.

Send me an email if you need help . I tried VNC , Gotomypc. The above solution is my favourite

Joshua

I'm in the process of setting up 1 computer to use PCanywhere to access and local LAN, and a entirly different network at another office location.

Setting up the LAN was easy enough, as long as the host computers brodcasted the remote computer could access them without getting too much into IP settings. Getting PCAnywhere to connect to the other WAN location was just about as tricky as using remote desktop. You still have to use point forwarding and configure everyone to a static IP, give everyone a port, and then match them up in the router settings, which is a big hassle if you have 10+ computers.

So just letting you guys know out there that PCanywhere is not any simpler then the methods described above.

i have installed dlink router for broadband and smc router for wirefree connectivity both at home and work. my problem is i have been given an ip address from my broadband service provider to install at home . and because of wirefree connectivity with laptop i have assigned everywhere automatic ip address assignment. my static ip add is 59.101.101.101. now how do i install the static ip is it through smc ip add which is 192.168.2.1 or dlink which is 192.168.1.1 and the rest of the process please help and explain as i am trying for two months but no one was of help[

Hi everybody,
I have an ADSL router "ZyXel Prestige 660R-61C" and a NetGear switch, and I want to connect to another office location with same setup but uses a "Prolink" ADSL router. I did everything in this article, specially Port Forwarding is done exactly how it explained in www.portforward.com (URL: http://www.portforward.com/english/routers/port_forwarding/ZyXEL/Prestige660R-61C/Prestige660R-61Cindex.htm), still it gives an big error message saying... "The client could not connect to the remote computer .. blah blah". So pls if anyone can help.. Thnx!

What EXACTLY goes into the "Remote Connection" box when you enter the computer your trying to remotely log into from work?!!? Is it (//router ip:(host port#)/compip)??!?! Can somebody please post an example. Thanks!!!

Hi Leo,

I want to operate my friend's computer remotely using RealVNC. We have installed RealVNC on her machine. I have also added this RealVNC4.exe in Windows Firewall exceptions list. Now when I ask her IP address (ipconfig) over the phone, she tells me that she is only able to see the ip address of her router (192.168.1.2). She has also given me the ip address which she obtained by visiting http://whatismyip.com/ but even by using that IP address, I am not able to connect to her machine. How do we connect ? Are we not able to get the correct IP behind the router ?

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