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davidireland

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Hello..I know how to use Remote Desktop with computers in a network...but how do you connect using remote desktop to a computer from the internet, and not a router. Ill be going away for a bit and id like to use my home computer. I'll have a highspeed connection (5mbps) on both sides. How can i do this? Thanks.
 
davidireland said:
Hello..I know how to use Remote Desktop with computers in a network...but how do you connect using remote desktop to a computer from the internet, and not a router. Ill be going away for a bit and id like to use my home computer. I'll have a highspeed connection (5mbps) on both sides. How can i do this? Thanks.
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I was wondering the same thing.... Any help is greatly appreciated!
 
Well first you would need to know what port Remote Desktop listens on, I'm pretty sure it's 3389 or 3398. Then you would need to access your router, and forward that port to the host.
 
That's pretty much it...open the port(s), sometimes you have to specify the computer's IP address in the router, find your WAN IP address, and access it. I used to access my machine all the time from school when I was in High School ;)
 
It will prompt you and you can enter any username and pasword of any account on the computer your connecting to. (if they are set to be able to connect, which all administrators (regular accounts) are).
 
There is also a web site (www.logmein.com) where you can install a bit of software on the computer(s) you want to connect to, then just simply go to www.logmein.com type in your e-mail address and password and they will give you a list of available computers.



Advantages

- No router configuration
- Low bandwidth uses


Disadvantages

- Due to low bandwidth uses the image can be jumpy and bad quality


Note: the remote computer will display the same as the connecting computer.
 
its port 3389 for MS remote desktop. You need to keep track of your wan ip, and can do so through variouis free services such as www.dyndns.org. If you are going cross platform you can check out VNC but make sure you use ssh tunneling when making a VNC connection considering that the free versions do not encrypt your connection.

I remote in from work to home all the time, and I use a free ssh client called putty.exe which can be googled and downloaded from various websites.
 
Personally I like a piece of software called VNC. It lets you do the same things as the remote desktop, but it's a lot smaller, it's a lot faster, it allows you to see your desktop, and like NetMeeting, it'll allow the computer you're connecting to, to say logged in. (I use this when my clients have a question on how to do something, I can talk to them over the phone, and show them on their screen... fully interactive, and you can get a free version for personal use at www.RealVNC.com)
 
Robertw18 said:
Personally I like a piece of software called VNC. It lets you do the same things as the remote desktop, but it's a lot smaller, it's a lot faster, it allows you to see your desktop, and like NetMeeting, it'll allow the computer you're connecting to, to say logged in. (I use this when my clients have a question on how to do something, I can talk to them over the phone, and show them on their screen... fully interactive, and you can get a free version for personal use at www.RealVNC.com)
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The only bad thing about the free version of realVNC is that it does not support encrypted connections. Anyone listening on your network will see things in plain text. However, if you couple the use of realVNC with an ssh client like putty, you can make an encrypted connection.
 
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