Access to home PC while travelling

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I have a XP home PC connected to the Internet by cable
modem though my ISP. I have a dial-up account to my ISP
for when I'm travelling. Can I use the dial-up from my
laptop to tunnel through my ISP to my home-office
computer while away from home?

JS

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Bill,

Sorry, I should have been more specific. I have XP
Professional on my office PC (which is at home).

John

>-----Original Message-----
>When you say XP home PC--does that mean Windows XP, Home
edition?
>
>If so, unfortunately, the Remote Desktop feature we
support here isn't
>available to you--it's only available on Windows XP
Professional edition.
>
>(You have an accessories, communications, menu item for
Remote Desktop
>Connection, but that allows you to connect to another
machine--not have
>others connect to you.)
>
>There are alternatives--NetMeeting Remote Desktop
Sharing--on XP, do Start,
>run, conf <enter> to get NetMeeting going, and look into
that feature.
>
>"John" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
message
>news:21ae701c45b0d$3684ecc0$a501280a@phx.gbl...
>>I have a XP home PC connected to the Internet by cable
>> modem though my ISP. I have a dial-up account to my
ISP
>> for when I'm travelling. Can I use the dial-up from my
>> laptop to tunnel through my ISP to my home-office
>> computer while away from home?
>>
>> JS
>
>
>.
>

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I am using Norton Internet Security personal firewall.
It is new and I'm unfamiliar with all its hidden
recesses. Where do I find out whether TCP Port 3389 is
open and what the public IP address of the firewall is?

John

>-----Original Message-----
>Then look at Remote Desktop. Its designed exactly for
this purpose...
>
>http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/mobility/getstar
ted/remoteintro.mspx
>
>If the PC is behind a firewall/NAT/router make sure TCP
Port 3389 is open. Call using the public IP
>of the firewall/NAT/router...
>
>--
> Al Jarvi (MS-MVP Windows Networking)
>
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group for the mutual benefit of all of us...
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>"John" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
message
>news:21ea601c45b37$4024d0e0$a001280a@phx.gbl...
>> Bill,
>>
>> Sorry, I should have been more specific. I have XP
>> Professional on my office PC (which is at home).
>>
>> John
>>
>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>When you say XP home PC--does that mean Windows XP,
Home
>> edition?
>>>
>>>If so, unfortunately, the Remote Desktop feature we
>> support here isn't
>>>available to you--it's only available on Windows XP
>> Professional edition.
>>>
>>>(You have an accessories, communications, menu item for
>> Remote Desktop
>>>Connection, but that allows you to connect to another
>> machine--not have
>>>others connect to you.)
>>>
>>>There are alternatives--NetMeeting Remote Desktop
>> Sharing--on XP, do Start,
>>>run, conf <enter> to get NetMeeting going, and look
into
>> that feature.
>>>
>>>"John" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
>> message
>>>news:21ae701c45b0d$3684ecc0$a501280a@phx.gbl...
>>>>I have a XP home PC connected to the Internet by cable
>>>> modem though my ISP. I have a dial-up account to my
>> ISP
>>>> for when I'm travelling. Can I use the dial-up from
my
>>>> laptop to tunnel through my ISP to my home-office
>>>> computer while away from home?
>>>>
>>>> JS
>>>
>>>
>>>.
>>>
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Thanks Al,

I now have remote access operating (with your help) and
tested.

many thanks.

john

>-----Original Message-----
>Well, I don't use NIS so I can't speak to that other
than to look at these pages from Symantec that
>may or may not help you getting TCP Port 3389 open on
the firewall...
>
>http://tinyurl.com/35j3p
>http://tinyurl.com/2v9dx
>
>That presumes you enabled Remote Desktop access on the
PC...
>
>If your PC is connected directly to the public internet
you can get the IP by running "ipconfig
>/all" from the "Start -> Run" command line or by going
to either of these web sites...
>
>http://www.whatismyip.com/
>http://checkip.dyndns.org/
>
>If your PC is behind a physical firewall/NAT/router then
forget about the ipconfig command and use
>one of the two web sites I pointed you to...
>
>--
> Al Jarvi (MS-MVP Windows Networking)
>
>Please post *ALL* questions and replies to the news
group for the mutual benefit of all of us...
>The MS-MVP Program - http://mvp.support.microsoft.com
>This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and
confers no rights...
>
>"John" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
message
>news:21e2401c45bc2$1b400520$a501280a@phx.gbl...
>>I am using Norton Internet Security personal firewall.
>> It is new and I'm unfamiliar with all its hidden
>> recesses. Where do I find out whether TCP Port 3389 is
>> open and what the public IP address of the firewall is?
>>
>> John
>>
>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>Then look at Remote Desktop. Its designed exactly for
>> this purpose...
>>>
>>>http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/mobility/getst
ar
>> ted/remoteintro.mspx
>>>
>>>If the PC is behind a firewall/NAT/router make sure TCP
>> Port 3389 is open. Call using the public IP
>>>of the firewall/NAT/router...
>>>
>>>--
>>> Al Jarvi (MS-MVP Windows Networking)
>>>
>>>Please post *ALL* questions and replies to the news
>> group for the mutual benefit of all of us...
>>>The MS-MVP Program - http://mvp.support.microsoft.com
>>>This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties,
and
>> confers no rights...
>>>
>>>"John" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
>> message
>>>news:21ea601c45b37$4024d0e0$a001280a@phx.gbl...
>>>> Bill,
>>>>
>>>> Sorry, I should have been more specific. I have XP
>>>> Professional on my office PC (which is at home).
>>>>
>>>> John
>>>>
>>>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>>>When you say XP home PC--does that mean Windows XP,
>> Home
>>>> edition?
>>>>>
>>>>>If so, unfortunately, the Remote Desktop feature we
>>>> support here isn't
>>>>>available to you--it's only available on Windows XP
>>>> Professional edition.
>>>>>
>>>>>(You have an accessories, communications, menu item
for
>>>> Remote Desktop
>>>>>Connection, but that allows you to connect to another
>>>> machine--not have
>>>>>others connect to you.)
>>>>>
>>>>>There are alternatives--NetMeeting Remote Desktop
>>>> Sharing--on XP, do Start,
>>>>>run, conf <enter> to get NetMeeting going, and look
>> into
>>>> that feature.
>>>>>
>>>>>"John" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
>>>> message
>>>>>news:21ae701c45b0d$3684ecc0$a501280a@phx.gbl...
>>>>>>I have a XP home PC connected to the Internet by
cable
>>>>>> modem though my ISP. I have a dial-up account to
my
>>>> ISP
>>>>>> for when I'm travelling. Can I use the dial-up
from
>> my
>>>>>> laptop to tunnel through my ISP to my home-office
>>>>>> computer while away from home?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> JS
>>>>>
>
>
>
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