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Comment from Brian Bordeaux on 2009-11-18

2009-11-18T16:58:50Z

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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Comment from Nathan on 2009-02-15

2009-02-16T03:04:08Z

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

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Comment from mark on 2009-01-10

2009-01-10T16:06:08Z

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

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Comment from Leo on 2008-07-12

2008-07-12T16:59:04Z

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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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Comment from Gopalakrishnan Iyer on 2008-07-12

2008-07-12T09:41:52Z

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

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Comment from naveed on 2008-05-22

2008-05-22T13:59:32Z

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.

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Comment from buck on 2008-04-02

2008-04-02T20:03:17Z

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.

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Comment from Srini on 2007-12-04

2007-12-04T19:56:28Z

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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Comment from Robin Batra on 2007-08-26

2007-08-26T14:53:28Z

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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Comment from albert on 2007-04-04

2007-04-04T21:13:52Z

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!!!

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Comment from Dinethra on 2006-09-25

2006-09-26T03:29:17Z

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!

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Comment from Sawhney on 2006-08-25

2006-08-26T02:41:04Z

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[

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Comment from Andrew on 2006-08-01

2006-08-01T22:30:35Z

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.

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Comment from Joshua on 2006-07-21

2006-07-21T09:23:22Z

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

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Comment from Phil on 2006-07-11

2006-07-11T21:38:27Z

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/

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Comment from Shadoe McClure on 2006-06-13

2006-06-13T21:25:30Z

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

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Comment from Ruben Hiciano on 2006-03-21

2006-03-22T00:36:31Z

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.

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Comment from Jeff on 2006-03-14

2006-03-14T22:22:11Z

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

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Comment from Jeff on 2006-03-14

2006-03-14T22:18:21Z

Alexei,

If you change the port number to loggin remotely then you need stick the port number at the end of the ip address..lets say that you changed the port muber to 45000 and your ip address is 111.111.111.111 .... then you will need to type in 111.111.111.111:45000 ......

Hope this helps

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Comment from Alexei on 2006-02-11

2006-02-11T16:37:29Z

To anyone out there who can assist. I'm able to connect remotely from my office to my home using Remote Desktop on port 3389. However; if I were to change my RDP port from 3389 to any other number, it will not connect. I've also edited the registry to reflect the new port for RDP, rebooted and still no luck. When I go to RDP and type in my Internet address followed by (:newportnumber) it also fails. Can anyone please assist me with getting this connect established.
Thank you

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Comment from Dave on 2006-01-18

2006-01-18T11:28:30Z

I use a static domain name from www.dtdns.net. You can register a unique name and then get a small IP Udpater program on your pc that detects IP changes automatically. There are many free ones on that site. This way I can connect to my pc through XP Remote Web Desktop always via the same name eg http://mydomain.dtdns.net/tsweb

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Comment from Marino on 2005-12-29

2005-12-29T20:48:22Z

Hi Leo,

This is a good tutorial for Remote Desktop connection.

My problem is this, I have a Pix Firewall installed on my office, and I need some outside users to access the server from internet.

I configure the pix so they can log in, the problem is that only 1 user from the same network can connect at the time, I need several at the same time with the Cisco VPN connection.

Let me explain,

If 2 or 3 users are on the same internet network, let say, 192.168.1.3 - 192.168.1.5 only one of them can connect to the vpn.

How Can I configure the pix to allow multiusers from the same network to access the server?

the pix firewall is Cisco Pix 501 and the client is cisco vpn client.

Thanks for the help.

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Comment from Dave W on 2005-11-08

2005-11-09T06:44:46Z

Ok, I was misinformed, XP Home does NOT support remote connections as a remote computer. Apparentpy only XP Pro supports an incoming connection without the installation of 3rd party software.. That sucks.

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Comment from Thanh on 2005-11-07

2005-11-07T16:19:30Z

Ok, I solved the problem by using dynamic dns provided by dyndns.org. Completely satisfied!

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Comment from Thanh on 2005-11-06

2005-11-06T11:01:38Z

Hi Dave W, you've really gone too far with those steps you did. In my case, I can connect to my work computer from home even when my home PC is firewalled, no port forwarding, no DMZ. Just don't block outgoing traffic and you will be able to connect to a remote computer that is able to accept incoming traffic on port 3389. It works just like that.

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Comment from Dave W on 2005-11-05

2005-11-06T00:43:17Z

I've tried everything and I still cannot connect to my home PC with a "client could not connect to the remote computer" error. We use Remote Desktop connections at work, and I've even used it on my home PC to connect to my friends computer through the internet.

I've even gone so far as to set my private IP to the DMZ on the router with my software firewall disabled, the PC should have a direct connection to the web with no interference! I've forwarded port 3389 on the router, enabled remote access, set up a password for my account, tried the WANIP:3389 in the connection field, and no matter what I do, nothing works. Any ideas? My internet connection works great, but the Remote Connection is a no-go!

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Comment from Thanh on 2005-11-02

2005-11-02T18:12:13Z

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If you have a dynamic IP address, you can still get to your network, you simply need to know what the current IP address is. There are several approaches, however none of them are really elegant. For example, you can call home and ask someone to visit a site such as Plot IP, which will display your IP, and then having them read it to you over the phone. If you have access to a web server's access logs, you can have your computer at home visit a specific web page periodically and retrieve the IP address from the logs.
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Great work, Mr.Leo Notenboom. The article is exactly what I have been searching for in recent days. I have the same problem, only a bit difference that I would like to connect to my work computer from home but not the vice versa. And I actually did it, I went through all these: port forwarding on the company's router (ADSL modem), port mapping (to my work computer) on the computer that runs as the firewall of the company network, and remote desktop connection. It works! But still the IP problem is bugging, since the modem-router is assigned a dynamic IP by the ISP. It means the IP which I will connect to is changing, though not very frequently, but that fact will make it not always possible to get connected.

So I read your writing: "ask someone to visit a site such as Plot IP, which will display your IP, and then having them read it to you over the phone". I laughed. That's funny. Ok, so my questions are:

1. Is there a more elegant way to get the IP in question?

2. http://www.plotip.com/ is not accurate! It only gives the IP of the my ISP's proxy server. Of course, one cannot connect to that IP. In order to get connected, I have to use the WAN IP address read in the modem, or go to the following web site: www.whatismyip.com to read the real IP:

Your IP Is 222.252.33.28
Proxy Detected Is 203.160.1.41.

I suppose your site also log my IP address and will only see the 2nd one.

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Comment from gery on 2005-10-05

2005-10-05T23:21:42Z

(There are techniques where you can specify that Remote Desktop listen on ports other than 3389. Then by using a different such port for each computer, and forwarding each through the router to the appropriate computer you can connect directly to each. That's beyond the scope of this article, and more complex than most folks will want to deal with.)

Leo I have this problem, can you help me so that I can have two remote desktop connections on two seperate computers through a router with a static ip.

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