Re: Remote access vis pcAnywhere? (Probably OT)


"Robbie Hatley" <bogus.address@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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This probably doesn't belong here, but perhaps someone can
point me to a more appropriate newsgroup? (The only thing
Windowish about this post is that I am running Windows.)

Here's what I want to do:

I want to be able to access my home PC from remote computers
using pcAnywhere. Glitch: my PC connects to the Internet
through a LAN, a router, pppoe, DSL. The IP address my ISP
assigns me (dynamically) is therefore the address of my
router, not my PC. There are 2 PCs on this LAN. So how
do I set up pcAnywhere on a remote computer to access one
particular PC on my home LAN?

So... where should I ask a question like that?


--
Robbie Hatley
East Tustin, CA, USA
email: lonewolfintj at pacbell dot net
web: home dot pacbell dot net slant earnur slant

There are a few minor challenges here, all of which can be
resolved.

- External address. Since your address is dynamic, you must
use an external domain name server. www.dyndns.com or
www.no-ip.com offer free domain names that will resolve to
the current IP address. You must also run a service on your
PC that reports any change of your external IP address to
the chosen DNS. You can download a suitable module
from either of the above sites. Some routers even have this
service built in for www.dyndns.com.

- Internal address. Your pcAnywhere PC must have a fixed
internal IP address.

- Port forwarding: You must instruct your router to forward
the pcAnywhere port packets to the correct internal IP
address. I have forgotten what the default port numbers
are for pcAnywhere - perhaps 5035 and 5036.

You might consider using WinVNC instead of pcAnywhere.
It has similar functionality but is a fair bit faster. Its default port
number is 5900.

Post again if you need more details.


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