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I have a network of 3 PCs, all XP Pro, Linksys VPN Router, connected
to internet through a static SBC DSL line. The computer which acts as
server for the business software is our PCanywhere host. We connnect
to this sytem remotely on another two computer network with a netgear
router, one computer on XXP PRo and the connecting computer with XP
home and using Comcast Cable. Currently there is no antivirus or
add-on firewall on the host computer. We do not have e-mail or
otherwise access the internet from the host computer.
We only use PCAnywhere when the host office is closed and we are
working from the remote location. The majority of the time the
connection works quite well. On occasion the remote computer will
report that it cannot find the host. Upon returning to the office, we
discover that the host computer is up and running, and the indicator
is that PCAnywhere is waiting to make a connection. At that time I
have also been able to connect to the host from inside the LAN, but
have not been able to use PCAnywhere on a phone/modem connection to
the internet to access the host, although our modem conection is
notoriously slow and weak and intermittent and is an unreliable test
mechanism.
When I cannot access, I have confirmed from the remote location that I
have an internet connection. I can ping various locations but cannot
ping my static address. The last time this happened, we used the
remote connection successfully on Friday, closed down properly and
could not connect on Monday. No one had been in the office or
connected to the computer in the meantime. But this failure has also
occurred within twelve hours of readying the host for connection.
Once we have received the cannot find host message, we have never been
able to make a connection on a subsequent attempt without resetting
the host.
Does anyone have an idea where the problem is? Thanks in advance
I have a network of 3 PCs, all XP Pro, Linksys VPN Router, connected
to internet through a static SBC DSL line. The computer which acts as
server for the business software is our PCanywhere host. We connnect
to this sytem remotely on another two computer network with a netgear
router, one computer on XXP PRo and the connecting computer with XP
home and using Comcast Cable. Currently there is no antivirus or
add-on firewall on the host computer. We do not have e-mail or
otherwise access the internet from the host computer.
We only use PCAnywhere when the host office is closed and we are
working from the remote location. The majority of the time the
connection works quite well. On occasion the remote computer will
report that it cannot find the host. Upon returning to the office, we
discover that the host computer is up and running, and the indicator
is that PCAnywhere is waiting to make a connection. At that time I
have also been able to connect to the host from inside the LAN, but
have not been able to use PCAnywhere on a phone/modem connection to
the internet to access the host, although our modem conection is
notoriously slow and weak and intermittent and is an unreliable test
mechanism.
When I cannot access, I have confirmed from the remote location that I
have an internet connection. I can ping various locations but cannot
ping my static address. The last time this happened, we used the
remote connection successfully on Friday, closed down properly and
could not connect on Monday. No one had been in the office or
connected to the computer in the meantime. But this failure has also
occurred within twelve hours of readying the host for connection.
Once we have received the cannot find host message, we have never been
able to make a connection on a subsequent attempt without resetting
the host.
Does anyone have an idea where the problem is? Thanks in advance
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