How can I connect to my home computer from work?

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Very useful, thanks! I found the IP from www.findmyip.com. I am connected to my home server now!

Thanks,
Srini
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i use logmein.com you download their free software and then, wherever you are or what your ip adress is, you just log into their website and click on your computer. it works great and it's free, however, you can't hear sound or share files but to just look at the other desktop and run other computer processes it's great. hope this helps.

hi leo, thank u for ur valuable information.
i have some problem plz help me. i have broadband band connection with dynamic ip. my modem is connected to the wireless router and 4 conputer is connected to it wirlessly. i had install a DVR card to one of my pc and attach 4 cameras to it. from my local IP i can see it from othe pc by typing ip address (192.168.1.4:81). but from out side i can connect it by using intenet dynamic address. when i type the dynamic address its open my modem settings when i add port like 81 then its not working. plese help me to reach to the dvr pc.

Can i share a Remote Computer's Printer and other resources through the HAMACHI client ? If so, How ?

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Yes. Remeber, Hamachi just makes the machines appear to all
be on the same network, so anything you can do on the same
network you can do via Hamachi, and in the same way as being
on the same network.

The only caveat is not so much about Hamachi as it is about
the internet connection speed: printing across a VPN can be
extremely slow because it often sends a LOT of data.

Leo

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Hi Leo

i am trying to set up a VPN server on my home network so i can access my network drives from the internet when i not at home! i have set my home pc as the server but trying to set my laptop to access the drive from the internet seems not to work. i have signed up to DysDNS and linked that to my pc and set up a VPN on my laptop but it still not connecting via internet. i have port forwarding om my bt hub and added Dyndns information in the the bt hub too, is there anything i am missing?

Thanks

Mark

Hi Leo,
You information has been very helpful. I've been trying to set up Remote Desktop, but did not know hot to connect to the remote computer which I had already setup to accept remote connections. Your information on configuring my router to forward port 3389 to the host machine was the missing link, and now I successfully made the remote connection!

Thank you!

Nathan

Hello Leo,
I am trying to connect to my home network via the remote desktop. My "main" computer only has XP home, but another one in my network has XP Pro and is connected to my network by a wireless card. Is there a way for me to connect to the machine that has XP pro on it ? I ran ipchicken and my ip addresses are the same on all of my home computers.

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