Re: i have a mac and want to remotely access a windows xp computer

From: cman (anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 03/08/04


Date: Mon, 8 Mar 2004 11:03:51 -0800

i am having trouble getting mine to connect w/ another
comp, as u can see in one of my posts, but i am running xp
home and i have remote desktop connection

>-----Original Message-----
>I'm with Shenan Stanley.
>
>VNC, in one or another iteration will do this, but not
nearly as nicely as
>RD. To use RD in your situation, you'd need XP Pro, and
OS/X (and maybe
>one of the later versions of OS/X) Microsoft has a
native OS/X client for
>Remote Desktop, but you'd need Pro on the XP machine to
have the other end
>of the connection.
>
>In either case, you'd need to forward ports through the
router. I've not
>used the web interface with VNC, but there are Mac VNC
client pieces, and
>for those you'd need to forward port 5900, TCP through
the router. Ok--I
>just tested the web interface to UltraVNC on a lan, and
>http://machinename:5800 worked--so you'd need to forward
port 5800, TCP
>through the router for the web interface.
>
>"Derek" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
message
>news:8e1901c404ab$d8be5ed0$a101280a@phx.gbl...
>>I am running on a powerbook and want to have remote
access to a
>> windows XP HOME edition computer. The xp home computer
is using a
>> linksys router, and I don't know how to get around it.
I also am
>> wondering if this is possible
>> Thanks
>> Derek
>
>
>.
>



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