Re: Host Computer @ work

From: Sooner Al (SoonerAl_at_somewhere.net.invalid)
Date: 12/29/04 

Date: Tue, 28 Dec 2004 18:25:57 -0600

If the host is on a wired Ethernet LAN then the answer is no...

http://theillustratednetwork.mvps.org/RemoteDesktop/RemoteDesktopSetupandTroubleshooting.html

If the host is on a wireless only LAN then the answer is yes...

So the question is how does the PC your trying to access from a remote location (from home?) connect
to the public internet? 

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"bellbiv" <bellbiv@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message 
news:2766D267-43A0-4123-AF13-C7EF5C9A7CDF@microsoft.com...
> My host computer which is my work computer runs on xp Professional.  I have
> gone in and enabled it for remote work.  Dell support tells me that the host
> computer needs to have a wireless card installed.  This doesn't seem right.
> Is this true or false?

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