Re: connecting to home computer through router without direct IP address?

By the way, I don't want to spend any money to make this happen. I don't
want to purchase a static IP from my provider. I don't want to purchase any
additional hardware or software or services.


"Peter Rilling" <peter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:ePVBReqJGHA.1728@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>I don't know if this is possible, but maybe someone has some suggestions.
>
> I have a home network with two computers, a dsl router/modem, and wireless
> connectivity.
>
> Now, I would imaging that all computers share the same ip address when
> communicating externally where the router does not form of address
> translation.
>
> What I would like to do is to be able to connect to my computer from
> external locations like at work (maybe VPN in or something). Because the
> externally visible IP address is attached to the router and not the
> computer, I cannot simply connect to that address. Is there some way of
> configuring a home network so that I can push through the router and be
> able to connect to a specific machine on my network without that machine
> actually having an external address?
>
>


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