What is req'd to set this up

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I have a stand alone computer at work running xp office pro on a dsl line. I have a stand alone computer at home running xp home edition. I want to work from home but after reading all the info available from the help menu's etc on both computers i know there is some basic info missing. I set up the computer at work to accept vpn from remote computer and in network connections on my home computer set up a connection to my work computer. I think the missing link is the ip address, i did a trace route from work to establish the work computer ip but i'm shaky on this stuff. Do i need some other important piece of hardware? Is there somewhere i can go for more detailed instructions on establishing this connection?
thanks.
 
Beav said:
I have a stand alone computer at work running xp office pro on a dsl
line. I have a stand alone computer at home running xp home edition.
I want to work from home but after reading all the info available
from the help menu's etc on both computers i know there is some basic
info missing. I set up the computer at work to accept vpn from
remote computer and in network connections on my home computer set up
a connection to my work computer. I think the missing link is the ip
address, i did a trace route from work to establish the work computer
ip but i'm shaky on this stuff. Do i need some other important piece
of hardware? Is there somewhere i can go for more detailed
instructions on establishing this connection? thanks.
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Confused..

You are running Office XP Pro at work? Or Windows XP Professional at work?

You must be running Microsoft Windows XP Professional on the "server"
machine (the one you are wanting to USE remotely) in order to use remote
desktop.
Either you must have a public (not a 192.168) IP or configure port pass-thru
on the router in question to the internal private IP address you want to
remote into.
If you have a firewall configured, you must configure the remote desktop
port (by default, 3389) to allow traffic through.

Essentially, if you have Remote Desktop "turned on" on your Windows XP
Professional machine and you have a Remote Desktop Client installed or
copied to another machine (or use a web page) you should then be able to (by
full domain name or IP) connect to the remote machine and log in like you
were sitting in front of it, given that you have also given the user in
question rights to do so.
 
Sheenan

You seem to know what you are talking about, but I don't understand all of what you are saying to Beav. I have a similar peroblem: I have a stand alone XP pro machine at home using cable modem for internet connection. I want to connect to it from a friend's machine that has XP home

I have checked the box on my home machine to allow access. i go to my friends machine and type in the name of my machine (a string of letters and numbers that Dell gave the machine) and 'connect" but it doesn't work. There is more to the set up than that, but I need to be walked thru it. IP where do i find it what do i do with it. Xp help leaves a lot out

----- Shenan Stanley wrote: ----

Beav wrote
I have a stand alone computer at work running xp office pro on a ds
line. I have a stand alone computer at home running xp home edition
I want to work from home but after reading all the info availabl
from the help menu's etc on both computers i know there is some basi
info missing. I set up the computer at work to accept vpn fro
remote computer and in network connections on my home computer set u
a connection to my work computer. I think the missing link is the i
address, i did a trace route from work to establish the work compute
ip but i'm shaky on this stuff. Do i need some other important piec
of hardware? Is there somewhere i can go for more detaile
instructions on establishing this connection? thanks
Click to expand...

Confused.

You are running Office XP Pro at work? Or Windows XP Professional at work

You must be running Microsoft Windows XP Professional on the "server
machine (the one you are wanting to USE remotely) in order to use remot
desktop
Either you must have a public (not a 192.168) IP or configure port pass-thr
on the router in question to the internal private IP address you want t
remote into
If you have a firewall configured, you must configure the remote deskto
port (by default, 3389) to allow traffic through

Essentially, if you have Remote Desktop "turned on" on your Windows X
Professional machine and you have a Remote Desktop Client installed o
copied to another machine (or use a web page) you should then be able to (b
full domain name or IP) connect to the remote machine and log in like yo
were sitting in front of it, given that you have also given the user i
question rights to do so
 
You must be running Microsoft Windows XP Professional on the
"server" machine (the one you are wanting to USE remotely) in
order to use remote desktop.
Either you must have a public (not a 192.168) IP or configure
port pass-thru on the router in question to the internal private
IP address you want to remote into.
If you have a firewall configured, you must configure the remote
desktop port (by default, 3389) to allow traffic through.

Essentially, if you have Remote Desktop "turned on" on your
Windows XP Professional machine and you have a Remote Desktop
Client installed or copied to another machine (or use a web
page) you should then be able to (by full domain name or IP)
connect to the remote machine and log in like you were sitting
in front of it, given that you have also given the user in
question rights to do so.
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Joe said:
Shenan:

You seem to know what you are talking about, but I don't understand
all of what you are saying to Beav. I have a similar peroblem: I have
a stand alone XP pro machine at home using cable modem for internet
connection. I want to connect to it from a friend's machine that has
XP home.

I have checked the box on my home machine to allow access. i go to my
friends machine and type in the name of my machine (a string of
letters and numbers that Dell gave the machine) and 'connect" but it
doesn't work. There is more to the set up than that, but I need to be
walked thru it. IP where do i find it what do i do with it. Xp help
leaves a lot out.
Click to expand...

When connecting from a remote location, such as what you are trying to do,
you should try and use your IP. This is because most of us do not have a
static address with a name assigned to that address. This also makes
connecting to the IP difficult, because it could change, but in my
experience, people who leave their computers on 24/7 rarely change IP
addresses, even on the most short-lived DHCP leases. (A DHCP server is what
likely gives you your IP.)

To find your home IP, I suggest going here:

http://www.ipaddress.com/

It tells you what your IP address is at the top of the screen.

See if that gets you further along.
 
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