Remote desktop

[yarano]

Hey all, I live in a different state than my father and he's always needing PC help. Back when i was at home i used a program called "Net Op" to connect over the network from my room to his to square away any issues he had on his pc. Now that i've moved away, i can't figure out for the life of me how to configure network settings to get past his router and to his computer. I know how to get his IP from his ISP, but i do not know how to connect to his PC seeing that he's getting a generic "192.168.x.x" ip through his linksys router. What kind of settings need to be set in order to do that?

[Cellus]

You will need to set up Port Forwarding on the router to forward packets going over specific ports (ie. ports used by your remote administration tools) to a specific private IP address (the "192.168.x.x" address). For example if using Remote Desktop to remotely connect, you will need to forward port 3389 to the appropriate private IP address.

Find out what port (or ports) your remote administration tool uses and forward the ports in your router's configuration page. For more information on how to port forward for your specific router, take a look at this website for step-by-step instructions based on your make and model of router and programs you wish to port forward with.

[Dwarflord]

Hedepending on his router, you may only need to set up a remote user id and password.
Create a VPN to the router , and use Remote desktop to connect to your fathers pc.
Best to use the name of the computer instead of the ip .
Make sure that his firewall is configured for RDP, and tha his comp is set to allow remote session , this can be found in control panel\system\remote\allow remote connections

[saturn_5]

Go to teamviewer.com Download this free utility....it puts remote sektop to shame and the file can be emailed to your father.

[Cellus]

RDP is but one example of many remote administration tools you can use. There is also a variety of VNC tools out there as well which provide similar if not additional functionality. There are a lot to choose from, so pick one which you are more comfortable with which provides an adequate level of security and functionality.

Whichever solution you choose, you will still need to set up port forwarding. Different remote admin solutions use different ports, so find out which ports are used for your preferred flavour.

[Dwarflord]

Just done a quick experiment with my virtual server and a vista desktop.
I love it , no need for anything, again love it , no router password no nothing , secure one time passwords , love it. Well done

team viewer Rocks

[saturn_5]

Team Viewer provides a VPN Connection and DOES NOT require Port Forwarding or any other router configuration. They allow you to use their servers. GREAT Program and free.

[saturn_5]

Beware. Use it for personal use only...the Business version COsts $1399.00

[yarano]

thanks for all the info everyone. I'll start playing around with some more things and see what all i can get to work, if anyone else has other stuff as well let me know, its interesting to see the different ways to do this

[Dwarflord]

No problem, your welcome