Re: Trying to connect to office server.

Yes I do know the public IP, but I didn't think it prudent to broadcast it
on this newsgroup.

For the sake of this exercise can we call it XX.XX.XXX.67


"Ricky" <Ricky@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:9302FE52-1007-4260-8CDF-5C3A1260925C@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> you need a public IP not private IP and also the port number to be open
> because usually firewall from routers have no open ports, you will need
> to
> openit, and thats my problems that I do not know wich port to open
>
> "Darren" wrote:
>
>> I am trying to connect remotely to the database on my office server
>> without
>> success.
>>
>> My office runs bespoke software on an NT server. This server connects to
>> the
>> outside world via an adsl router on IP 192.168.87.180. The router does
>> have
>> a fixed IP associated with the broadband circuit.
>>
>> The server has 3 local IP's allocated for a VPN connection
>> 192.168.87.174/5/6
>>
>> I am trying to connect from my home machine which is running windows XP
>> home
>> which is on a broadband circuit with a dynamic IP. I have loaded the
>> software onto my home machine, which is loaded on the workstations in the
>> office, but seem totally incapable of making any sort of communication
>> with
>> my office server.
>>
>> This seems to be different to the remote desktop scenario, because I will
>> be
>> running the software on my own machine and just accessing the database
>> via
>> the adsl circuit. Is there an idiots guide to this sort of thing on the
>> web?
>> Everyone tells me that it should be so simple to set up a VPN connection,
>> but so far nobody has been able to tell me how to do it.
>>
>> I would be grateful if someone could point me in the right direction.
>>
>>
>>


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