Remote connection via Belkin Router

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I have windows xp home at home and in my office. I want to connect to the
office from home. At the office I have broadband via a Belkin router. I also
have broadband at home. I have a static ip address at the office from my ISP.
I have not got a clue how to set it all up and would appreciate some help.

Thanks

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.work_remotely (More info?)

Ooppss.. I forgot the link for the UltraVNC plug-in..

http://home.comcast.net/%7Emsrc4plugin/

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"Sooner Al" <SoonerAl@somewhere.net.invalid> wrote in message
news:efYPjjPuEHA.1596@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> Since your running XP Home on both the office and home PCs then XP Pro Remote Desktop is not an
> option.
>
> Other options include either a PPTP VPN tunnel or a program like UltraVNC. It simply depends on
> your needs.
>
> If you want to fully access/control the office desktop from home, transfer files back and forth,
> etc, then UltraVNC with *AND* the encryption plug-in would work well for that. You can get the
> server and client software from...
>
> http://ultravnc.sourceforge.net/
>
> On the Belkin router at work forward TCP Port 5900 to the private LAN IP of the office PC your
> trying to access from home.
>
> http://www.portforward.com/routers.htm
>
> Call the office, from home, using the static public IP of the router...
>
> Otherwise, for transferring files to/from the office you can also setup a PPTP VPN tunnel.
>
> http://www.onecomputerguy.com/netw [...] server.htm
> http://www.onecomputerguy.com/networking/xp_vpn.htm
>
> On the router TCP Port 1723 needs to be forwarded to the office PC *AND* GRE Protocol 47 traffic
> needs to be enabled through the router. Some routers call the later "PPTP Pass Through" or "VPN
> Pass Through". Consult the Belkin documentation or support web site for help with that. Again call
> using the public IP of the router at work...
>
> --
> 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...
>
> "Daniel Botterill" <Daniel Botterill@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:01B11943-F493-403D-B725-CF03107E257E@microsoft.com...
>>I have windows xp home at home and in my office. I want to connect to the
>> office from home. At the office I have broadband via a Belkin router. I also
>> have broadband at home. I have a static ip address at the office from my ISP.
>> I have not got a clue how to set it all up and would appreciate some help.
>>
>> Thanks
>

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many thanks for the details it all works fine.


Cheers

Dan

"Sooner Al" wrote:

> Ooppss.. I forgot the link for the UltraVNC plug-in..
>
> http://home.comcast.net/%7Emsrc4plugin/
>
> --
> 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...
>
> "Sooner Al" <SoonerAl@somewhere.net.invalid> wrote in message
> news:efYPjjPuEHA.1596@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> > Since your running XP Home on both the office and home PCs then XP Pro Remote Desktop is not an
> > option.
> >
> > Other options include either a PPTP VPN tunnel or a program like UltraVNC. It simply depends on
> > your needs.
> >
> > If you want to fully access/control the office desktop from home, transfer files back and forth,
> > etc, then UltraVNC with *AND* the encryption plug-in would work well for that. You can get the
> > server and client software from...
> >
> > http://ultravnc.sourceforge.net/
> >
> > On the Belkin router at work forward TCP Port 5900 to the private LAN IP of the office PC your
> > trying to access from home.
> >
> > http://www.portforward.com/routers.htm
> >
> > Call the office, from home, using the static public IP of the router...
> >
> > Otherwise, for transferring files to/from the office you can also setup a PPTP VPN tunnel.
> >
> > http://www.onecomputerguy.com/netw [...] server.htm
> > http://www.onecomputerguy.com/networking/xp_vpn.htm
> >
> > On the router TCP Port 1723 needs to be forwarded to the office PC *AND* GRE Protocol 47 traffic
> > needs to be enabled through the router. Some routers call the later "PPTP Pass Through" or "VPN
> > Pass Through". Consult the Belkin documentation or support web site for help with that. Again call
> > using the public IP of the router at work...
> >
> > --
> > 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...
> >
> > "Daniel Botterill" <Daniel Botterill@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > news:01B11943-F493-403D-B725-CF03107E257E@microsoft.com...
> >>I have windows xp home at home and in my office. I want to connect to the
> >> office from home. At the office I have broadband via a Belkin router. I also
> >> have broadband at home. I have a static ip address at the office from my ISP.
> >> I have not got a clue how to set it all up and would appreciate some help.
> >>
> >> Thanks
> >
>
>