Maintaining the ability to remote desktop after I move.
From: adrian916 (anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 04/05/04
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Date: Mon, 5 Apr 2004 07:18:55 -0700
you seem to have worked out most of it. when you want to
vnc onto a pc, open the vnc viewer as normal, but instead
of typing an ip address, type the name of the router (the
one that you just registered e.g:-
myrouter.dnsalias.net).This will find the router, and the
port forwarding will find the corresponding pc.
The only thing that may prevent it is if a firewall gets
in the way.
It's not a good idea to advertise your routers name
though, as this will let anyone know you have vnc
installed - even if it is password protected. (you can
always change it - off the top of my head, i think dyndns
let you register 5 or 8 names without charge)
Adrian
The IP address that you are seeing is assigned by your
ISP as usual. All dyndns.org are doing is keeping an eye
on what ip address your router is getting and mapping
that to the registered name. This way, the address can
change frequently but the name remains constant.
>-----Original Message-----
>So if I register my router with dyndns.org as MyRouter
>for example, I will be able to VNC from anywhere in the
>world just by typing MyRouter? And since the router
will
>be set to port forward, it will pass any connections to
>it directly to the computer that is specified in port
>forwarding?
>
>Does dyndns.org registration cost anything?
>
>
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>if your router is using a dynamicIP then register it
>with
>>dyndns.org (or some other similar free service). This
>>allows you to connect to the router by name instead of
>>having to know the IP (eg: home.dyndns.net).This will
>>allow you to vnc into the router. In order to get on to
>>one of the pc's behind it, you will need to use port
>>forwarding (in the advanced section of the linksys). By
>>default, vnc uses port 5900, but check your settings
>just
>>in case. Unfortunately, you can only port forward to
one
>>pc, so pick the one you are most likely to need access
>>to. If you need to access the other, you will have to
>log
>>on to the linksys remotely (check remote management is
>>enabled) and change the ip that the port is forwarded
>to.
>>It's not necessarily the most elegant or efficient way
>to
>>do it, but it does work. (just check you don't have any
>>firewalls in the way that may block the vnc request)
>>
>>HTH
>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>I am moving out of my parents house soon but I need to
>>>find a way to remain connected to their computers
>>through
>>>our network so that I can fix things when they are
>>>running into problems.
>>>
>>>Right now we all use Windows XP Home and are part of
>the
>>>same Workgroup. I am able to use something called
Real
>>>VNC in order to Remotely connect to their computers
and
>>>take over their desktops when they need my help.
>>>
>>>Since I am moving out, I would like to be able to
>retain
>>>this ability to help them but I don't know how to go
>>>about it. First of all, Real VNC allows you to
connect
>>>to any PC on the internet as long as you have that
>>>computers IP address and they have VNC Server
installed
>>>on their PC. The only thing is that the computers at
>>>home run on cable modem through a Linksys router. In
>>>other words, the router is acting as DHCP server. So
>>>that standard 192.168.1.101 and 192.168.1.102 IPs only
>>>work locally, but won't work outside the home
network.
>>>To make matters worse, the router is picking up it's
IP
>>>from a remote DHCP server; in other words, I have no
>>idea
>>>what IP address it is using because ipconfig /all only
>>>shows the IP addy that is administered to each PC by
>the
>>>router.
>>>
>>>The only thing I could think of is when I move out of
>>the
>>>house, have my computer become a member of their
>>>workgroup. But is that even possible form a remote
>>>location? Or do you have to be connected to the same
>>>router in order to do that? If that's possible then I
>>>wouldn't even need IPs... I could just use computer
>>names.
>>>
>>>Either way, can someone please suggest a solution to
>>this
>>>please. Thank you very much.
>>>.
>>>
>>.
>>
>.
>
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