can not find computer over internet

[IOS]

I have an XP professional computer at home and a second
one at my office. The first one has a dynamic IP address
the second one a static IP address. I use a DNS service
that provides an internet name for my computer with
dynamic IP address.
When I try to search for my home computer (dynamic IP)
with the DNS name through search or run commands I can't
find the computer. If I use remote desktop I can access
using the DNS name. If I ping (through DOS command
prompt) to the DNS name my computer at home is recognized
and I get the IP numeric address.
The problem is that I can't mount my home drives to my
office computer by using the DNS name.
How can I get my office computer to recognize the DNS
nname of my home computer?

 

[Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]]

I have an XP professional computer at home and a second
one at my office. The first one has a dynamic IP address
the second one a static IP address. I use a DNS service
that provides an internet name for my computer with
dynamic IP address.
When I try to search for my home computer (dynamic IP)
with the DNS name through search or run commands I can't
find the computer.

That makes sense to me....'search for computer' doesn't search the Internet.

If I use remote desktop I can access

using the DNS name.

So that's working fine -

If I ping (through DOS command
prompt) to the DNS name my computer at home is recognized
and I get the IP numeric address.

That's good too -

The problem is that I can't mount my home drives to my
office computer by using the DNS name.

If you use the newest RD client you can use 'drive redirection so that your
client computer's drives show up in the RD session. It's a tickbox in the
options | local resources tab of the RD client.

How can I get my office computer to recognize the DNS
nname of my home computer?

It does recognize it - it finds it, or you wouldn't be able to use Remote
Desktop. What it sounds like you're trying to do (map drives from the
Internet), you can't accomplish without an actual connection (VPN, etc) to
the network at home....but if all you need is access to drives on both
computers from within the RD session, the advice I provided above should
work just fine.

 

[Steve Winograd [MVP]]

I have an XP professional computer at home and a second
one at my office. The first one has a dynamic IP address
the second one a static IP address. I use a DNS service
that provides an internet name for my computer with
dynamic IP address.
When I try to search for my home computer (dynamic IP)
with the DNS name through search or run commands I can't
find the computer. If I use remote desktop I can access
using the DNS name. If I ping (through DOS command
prompt) to the DNS name my computer at home is recognized
and I get the IP numeric address.
The problem is that I can't mount my home drives to my
office computer by using the DNS name.
How can I get my office computer to recognize the DNS
nname of my home computer?

It's quite possible that the Internet service provider at the office
and/or at home blocks file sharing. More and more ISPs are doing that
as a security measure. Mine does.

If so, you'll have to use a different method (Remote Desktop, VPN,
GoToMyPC, LapLink, etc) to access home files from the office.
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Best Wishes,
Steve Winograd, MS-MVP (Windows Networking)

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