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Ronald Barrymore

I want to connect to my home computer from my office or
other computers remotely.

No problem, this is a no brainer.

But my IP address is not fixed. It changes each time I
connect to my service provider. If I am away from home my
ISP can disconect me and when my computer reconnectes the
IP address is different.

Can my computer at home be configured to send me an e-
mail with my present IP address so I can long on via VPN
and the work remotely?
 
You can use one of the dynamic naming services that map an alias to your home ISPs assigned IP
address. I use a free service from No-IP.com that maps an alias to my ISPs DHCP assigned IP address.
A small program runs on your PC and contacts the No-IP.com servers on a periodic basis. The server
then maps the IP of your PC to the alias and propagates that over the public internet. It works very
well for me and its FREE....

Go to http://www.no-ip.com for help. Additional like services, some FREE and some $$$$, can be found
on this page...

http://www.remotenetworktechnology.com/ow.asp?Remote_Network_Home/Connections

You would call the remote PC using the alias...Remote access also presumes you have TCP Port 3389
open on any firewall/NAT/router's between the public internet and your home LAN.

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You can register by some DynDNS service (example: www.dyndns.org) , where
you would get a uniq internet address (not a unique IP address, but rather a
unique name on the internet).

You should take a closer look at your internet routers options, to see if
and which DynDNS Services you can use directly with the router, so you don't
need any additional software.

Best Reagrds,
Danijel Tkalcec
www.deltasoft.hr/remote
 
Using the dynamic IP service is definitely help; however, I guess Ronald's problem was how to get/know the new IP while he was gone and the ISP disconnected his home connection. He can use "blat" command line to send a text file of "ipconfig". However, how can he connect to his ISP while he's away from home is an issue. Is there a command line for dial-up or reconnect to an ISP
 
Stephan Tang said:
Using the dynamic IP service is definitely help; however, I guess Ronald's problem
was how to get/know the new IP while he was gone and the ISP disconnected
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his home connection.

Afrer a disconnect, router would automatically connect again. When new
connection is opened, router would automatically register its new internet
IP address with the dynamic IP service. If the router is configured to
reconnect after each disconnect, then automatically register its new IP
address with a dynamic IP service after a connection is established, there's
nothing more to do. A few seconds after the disconnect, router would
reconnect to the internet, tell its new IP to the service and be instantly
accessible from anywhere in the world.

Since resolving IP address from name is today integrated in almost all
Internet enabled applications, he should be safe by using the dynamic name.
In case he needs the IP address (if the software he's using for remote
connection doesn't integrate the naming service), he could simply PING the
name he registered with DynDNS service. PING automatically resolves the name
to an IP address. This way, he would get the current IP address.
He can use "blat" command line to send a text file of "ipconfig".
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No need to do that.
However, how can he connect to his ISP while he's away from home is an
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issue.

That's the job for his internet router (or the reconnect software). But, I
don't think he has a reconnecting problem.

I have a SITECOM internet router. I have registered an internet address with
www.dyndns.org and configured my router to reconnect automatically after
each disconnect and tell the DynDNS service its new IP address. I used this
configuration almost every day to get to my Home PC while I was in the
Office, on vacation or anywhere else. My PC is allways ON and allways
connected to the internet, each day using a different IP address. By using
the dynamic IP service, the IP address change is not a problem anymore.

Best Regards,
Danijel Tkalcec
www.deltasoft.hr/remote
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Lets not forget the original poster did *NOT* say if he was using a broadband ISP or a dialup ISP.
He simply wanted a way to connect to the remote PC reliably if the ISP assigned IP changed for
whatever reason. The dynamic naming service does exactly that irregardless of the type of ISP, ie.
broadband or dialup...

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Al Jarvi (MS-MVP Windows Networking)

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It's amazing how everyone know what the original poster wanted to ask.

Sorry for trying to help.

Regards,
Danijel Tkalcec
 
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