Connecting from Home to a Single PC that is not on a Network

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Guest

Could someone please tell me how to access files on my Office PC from my Home
PC? Neither PC is not on a Network. I only want to access files, not control
the Office PC from my Home PC.

Any help would be great.
 
S

Shenan Stanley

mickgill said:
Could someone please tell me how to access files on my Office PC
from my Home PC? Neither PC is not on a Network. I only want to
access files, not control the Office PC from my Home PC.

Any help would be great.
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"Neither PC is on a network"..?

And how are you expecting to contact the machines?
 
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Sooner Al [MVP]

Perhaps this might help...

http://tinyurl.com/ae9ce

Of course this presumes you have a modem attached to the PC you want to
connect to. You should also contact the office/work network admin, if they
exist, and make sure your not going to be violating any company policies
concerning connecting an untrusted system (your home PC) to a trusted system
(your office/work PC)...

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Sooner Al [MVP]

With Remote Desktop? If so see this page...Note the PC at the office must be
running XP Pro...

http://theillustratednetwork.mvps.org/RemoteDesktop/RemoteDesktopSetupandTroubleshooting.html

If its running XP Home or some other flavor of Windows look at UltraVNC with
its encryption plug-in...

http://ultravnc.sourceforge.net/

Make sure you contact your office network admins about this just to make
sure it is authorized. They may also provide or require VPN access to the
office network from an outside client.

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Sooner Al [MVP]

Ooppsss... You only want to access files....

Then look at using a VPN or a Secure Shell (SSH) tunnel and a program like
WinSCP. Personally I use SSH and WinSCP for encrypted file transfers to/from
my home desktop PC...

What OS is running on the work PC? Does your office run any type of server
like Windows 2003/Small Business Server/etc or are these all stand alone
PCs?

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G

Guest

I'm afraid my Networking knowledge is very limited.

Office setup is just one PC. Home setup is just one PC. Both running Win XP.

Sooner Al said:
Ooppsss... You only want to access files....

Then look at using a VPN or a Secure Shell (SSH) tunnel and a program like
WinSCP. Personally I use SSH and WinSCP for encrypted file transfers to/from
my home desktop PC...

What OS is running on the work PC? Does your office run any type of server
like Windows 2003/Small Business Server/etc or are these all stand alone
PCs?

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Sooner Al [MVP]

What version of XP is running on each PC?

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mickgill said:
I'm afraid my Networking knowledge is very limited.

Office setup is just one PC. Home setup is just one PC. Both running Win
XP.
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Guest

Pro

Sooner Al said:
What version of XP is running on each PC?

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Sooner Al [MVP]

Also describe how your connected to the internet at home and at the office,
ie. a cable ISP, DSL ISP, do you have routers at each site, do you run any
type of firewall at either site, etc...etc...etc...

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Guest

ADSL connection both ends. Win XP Firewall. No router. Just one PC connected
to ADSL Modem connected to the internet at Office. Same setup at Home.

Sooner Al said:
Also describe how your connected to the internet at home and at the office,
ie. a cable ISP, DSL ISP, do you have routers at each site, do you run any
type of firewall at either site, etc...etc...etc...

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Sooner Al [MVP]

If no one is going to be working on the office PC at the time you want to
access it then I suggest using XP Pro Remote Desktop. You can work on the PC
just you were sitting in front of it, transfer files back and forth and
print remotely or locally. Its quite easy to setup...

http://theillustratednetwork.mvps.org/RemoteDesktop/RemoteDesktopSetupandTroubleshooting.html

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/313292/en-us

Otherwise I suggest a Secure Shell (SSH) link and using a program like
WinSCP, a free Secure Shell FTP (SFTP) client, if you just want to do file
transfers safely and securely. Its a bit more complicated to setup but very
secure...

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Sooner Al [MVP]

Yes, but you can easily work around that like I do. I use a free service
from No-IP.com that maps a fully qualified domain name (FQDN) to my ISPs
assigned dynamic IP address. A small program runs on one of my XP boxes and
on a time scheduled basis contacts the No-IP.com servers. The servers then
know what the current IP is and map that to the FQDN. You call the remote PC
at your office using the FQDN. Make sure that you forward/open TCP Port 3389
at the office end in any router or firewall that you might have there. Its
possible your ASDL modem is also a router. If you go to the
http://www.canyouseeme.org site while on the office PC you should be able to
pass the test for TCP Port 3389 if all of the firewalls, etc are configured
correctly.

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G

Guest

Thanks for your help. I will give it a shot.

Sooner Al said:
Perhaps this might help...

http://tinyurl.com/ae9ce

Of course this presumes you have a modem attached to the PC you want to
connect to. You should also contact the office/work network admin, if they
exist, and make sure your not going to be violating any company policies
concerning connecting an untrusted system (your home PC) to a trusted system
(your office/work PC)...

--
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
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Guest

Hi,
Do you think using a webserver on the office PC would be a simpler solution.
I was looking at a program called Bad Blue.
 
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Sooner Al [MVP]

I have no idea what Bad Blue is...

You might look at LogMeIn.com as an alternative. I just started using this
to access a Windows Me box across town. Go to the office PC, setup an
account, then go home and login and add the office PC to the list of PCs you
want to connect to. Its real simple... The down side is that after the
initial trial period it becomes a limited function remote control program or
if you subscribe you can use the built-in file manager to exchange files...

http://www.logmein.com

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