Connecting from Home to my office

[GreenMonster]

I'm trying to connect from home pc to my office pc using Remote Desktop
Connection.

Both home and office pc's connect to the internet through a router. Home is
a DLink, office is a Linksys.

If I type "ipconfig" at the command prompt I show the following ip adddress
for each machine

home=192.168.0.101
office=192.168.1.110

If I go to www.whatismyipaddress.com I show the following ip address for
each machine.

home=24.128.66.83
office=24.198.54.184

The Remote Access Auto Connection service is running on each machine.

Do I need to configure each router in order for the Remote Desktop
Connection to work?
If so, which ip address do I use?
Do I forward port 80 and 3389?
Do I forward these ports on both machiens?

Please advise.

 

[Peter]

I'm trying to connect from home pc to my office pc using Remote Desktop

Connection.

Both home and office pc's connect to the internet through a router. Home is
a DLink, office is a Linksys.

If I type "ipconfig" at the command prompt I show the following ip adddress
for each machine

home=192.168.0.101
office=192.168.1.110

If I go to www.whatismyipaddress.com I show the following ip address for
each machine.

home=24.128.66.83
office=24.198.54.184

The Remote Access Auto Connection service is running on each machine.

Do I need to configure each router in order for the Remote Desktop
Connection to work?
If so, which ip address do I use?
Do I forward port 80 and 3389?
Do I forward these ports on both machiens?

You need to forward:
On Office router: 192.168.1.110 port 3389 TCP
On Home router: 192.168.0.101 port 3389 TCP

On Home PC connect to Office PC using 24.198.54.184
On Office PC connect to Home PC using: 24.128.66.83

Do you have static IPs with your BroadBand provider?
If not, use dynamic DNS names instead of public IPs.

 

[DaveB]

You'll probably find your router or firewall is preventing you from
connecting. I had the same problem when working from home. I used
GoToMyPC for a while, but it's nowhere near as good as Remote Desktop.
If you use PMG Connect (www.pmgconnect.com) with remote Desktop you can
tunnel through your router/firewall. It works a treat.
Dave

 

[PapaFrank]

DON'T POST your IP Address some yankee fan may try to get in.

 

[Keith]

Dave

I too have started using pmgconnect. Its awsome - quick, cheep and
realy good for long stints of remote working. Good recommendation dude.

Keith