Remote Desktop Connection with PC behind ADSL/Router?

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See this page for help with all of those questions...

http://theillustratednetwork.mvps.org/RemoteDesktop/Rem...

The PC you want to remotely access/control with Remote Desktop must be
running XP Pro. Otherwise UltraVNC may be a good option for you...

http://ultravnc.sourceforge.net/

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<Geoff Cox> wrote in message
news:g6f0i1tr8v2mq86kt9f0rp8e3l5f542g7s@4ax.com...
> Hello
>
> I would like to use Remote Desktop Connection software to view a PC
> which has access to the Internet but is behind an ADSL Modem/Router
> which has an IP dynamically assigned by the ISP.
>
> I am guessing that the router has to have port forwarding enabled?
> What would need to be done? Must be done by someone at that site?
>
> How do I (or someone at that site) find out the changing IP assigned
> to the router by the ISP?
>
> Do we both have to be using Windows XP?
>
> Thanks for any help.
>
> Cheers
>
> Geoff

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

On Thu, 8 Sep 2005 09:58:23 -0500, "Sooner Al [MVP]"
<SoonerAl@somewhere.net.invalid> wrote:

>See this page for help with all of those questions...
>
>http://theillustratednetwork.mvps.org/RemoteDesktop/Rem...

Thanks for the link - looks very good.

Cheers

Geoff






>
>The PC you want to remotely access/control with Remote Desktop must be
>running XP Pro. Otherwise UltraVNC may be a good option for you...
>
>http://ultravnc.sourceforge.net/