Hi tech question [access my pc at work]

[assagay]

Hi
I would like to know if anybody knows
how to access my pc at work (work adsl) from
my pc at home (home adsl)
Telkomdont seem to reply

 

[JazzeD]

http://www.hamachi.cc

 

[pope24]

You could use something like PCAnywhere, which allows you to control one PC from another and there are othe similar products. But if you are inside a corporate firewall then you have to make sure that you can get in, most likely would need VPN access to the work network.

 

[bwana]

What operating system?

If you're using windows xp professional there is built in remote access server. Even if you have xp prof at work and xp home at home you can still download the client and use that.

 

[assagay]

Work to home

Hi Thanks for the responses, Its the nuts and bolts that get me
If the telkom IP address is changing all the time how does one
actually dialin. I am not behind a firewall, Home is XP pro, Work is W2K.
There are many settings in the pots router. Does anybody know of a tutoriol

Regars Ian

 

[masticore]

Use something like dyndns ( www.dyndns.org ) to get around the changing IP issue. You pick a name (lets say assagay.dyndns.org), register it on dyndns then run the dyndns client on your work machine. The client keeps the dyndns dns server up-to-date with the internet IP.

Then from anywhere on the net, you just access assagay.dyndns.org with whatever protocol (program) you want - like Remote Desktop, VNC, PCAnywhere, Remote Admin, etc.

 

[The_Unbeliever]

Keep in mind to use the latest VNC client - there is an exploit present in winVNC to allow one to use your PC without a password

Also, straight VNC/pcAnywhere/Remote Desktop is not recommended - better use a VPN solution as first layer, then the VNC/pcAW/RDP as second layer of protection - most VPN solutions do keep a log of login attempts.

 

[bwana]

Hi Thanks for the responses, Its the nuts and bolts that get me
If the telkom IP address is changing all the time how does one
actually dialin. I am not behind a firewall, Home is XP pro, Work is W2K.
There are many settings in the pots router. Does anybody know of a tutoriol

Regars Ian

I'm not the biggest windows user - does W2k come with terminal services?

 

[noswal]

I am not behind a firewall, ....

Then I guess the rest of the world has no problem accessing your computer!