Connecting Remotely Issue

[Guest]

Hello All,

I have four computers in my home all set up on a small network, my issues is
that i am able to connect remotely to any of the computers from my house, the
three desktops and the laptop, but I am unable to connect remotely from my
laptop from a location that has wi-fi ex. the mall. or from any other
computer. outside of my house. what am i doing wrong?

The Same thing with the Network camera that I have set up. it works for me
to access in the house but unable to access it outside of the house.

Any solutions? your assistance would be apreciated. thanks again.

Oscar Fuentes-Guzman
Silver Spring, MD
(e-mail address removed)

 

[Peter]

I have four computers in my home all set up on a small network, my issues
is

that i am able to connect remotely to any of the computers from my house, the
three desktops and the laptop, but I am unable to connect remotely from my
laptop from a location that has wi-fi ex. the mall. or from any other
computer. outside of my house. what am i doing wrong?

Connect to where?
Please provide IP address of a client and IP of the host.

The Same thing with the Network camera that I have set up. it works for me
to access in the house but unable to access it outside of the house.

From which IP are you trying to what IP of your Network camera?

 

[Guest]

Peter, when i try to connect to the home desktop from the laptop when im at
the mall, (I try to connect to the following IP Address: 192.168.1.46) from
my laptop when i am at the mall.

Now if i try to connect to the Ethernet Camera that is also connected I am
unable to do it from anywhere else exept my house the ( IP Address:
192.168.1.44) I can connect remotely or connect to the camera from home but
no where outside of my house am i able too.

What could be the problem... ??? Is their a setup configuration that i have
not set up correctly? Thanks for any assistance that you give me. Oscar

 

[Sooner Al [MVP]]

If your PCs are running XP Pro or Windows 2003/2000 Server (and Terminal
Services) you can use Remote Desktop from a remote location to
access/control the PCs. See these pages for help...

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

Multiple PC access methods...

http://theillustratednetwork.mvps.org/RemoteDesktop/SSH-RDP-VNC/RemoteDesktopVNCandSSH.html

....or...

http://www.onecomputerguy.com/networking/xp_vpn_server.htm
http://www.onecomputerguy.com/networking/xp_vpn.htm

....or...

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

Depending on the method used you need to forward the correct ports through
your router to the static private LAN IP of the PC(s)...

If the PCs are running XP Home or Windows 2000/Windows Me/Windows 9X you can
use UltraVNC as an alternative. Get the server, client and encryption
software from...

http://ultravnc.sourceforge.net/
http://www.realvnc.com/faq.html#firewall

As far as the camera is concerned, some come with built-in software that
streams the video to the internet. Otherwise you can use a program like MS
Portrait to access the camera...

http://research.microsoft.com/~jiangli/portrait/

--

Al Jarvi (MS-MVP Windows Networking)

Please post *ALL* questions and replies to the news group for the mutual
benefit of all of us...
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This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
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[Peter]

Peter, when i try to connect to the home desktop from the laptop when im
at

the mall, (I try to connect to the following IP Address: 192.168.1.46) from
my laptop when i am at the mall.

You did not say FROM what IP are you trying to connect. I assume it has a
public IP. That is where your problem is: You cannot connect from public IP
to IP in a private network (as yours 192.168.1.x is). There is NAT on that
path.
Read abou private networks and NAT.

There are ways to combat that (DMZ, port redirection, UPNP). There are some
limitations but it is possible to achieve what you want.

Now if i try to connect to the Ethernet Camera that is also connected I am
unable to do it from anywhere else exept my house the ( IP Address:
192.168.1.44) I can connect remotely or connect to the camera from home but
no where outside of my house am i able too.

Same as above.

What could be the problem... ??? Is their a setup configuration that i have
not set up correctly? Thanks for any assistance that you give me. Oscar

You need some education. Yes, your setup configuration has to be modified to
allow for what you need.

 

[Guest]

Is Ultra VNC Safe to use... I installed it and i works at home, I am going to
try it out from a different computer tomorrow, see if i can access it
remotely using the Ultra VNC software. Thanks for your help I will let you
know if it works. Hope it does...

 

[Sooner Al [MVP]]

Use the UltraVNC encryption plug-in if you use it over the public internet
or run it through a SSH or VPN tunnel. Natively you need to open TCP Port
5900 through any firewall in bound to access your PC from a remote site.

--

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
This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
rights...