Joining a network

[Guest]

My friend has a network already established at home, He has 3 computers on
his network, We are trying to link my computer into this network over the
net, but have no idea how to do this, we have tried everything we can think
of in our very limited knowledge with no success. We are both running XP pro
and have Actiontec DSL Routers. How do we get MY machine to link into HIS
already established Network?

 

[Bob Willard]

My friend has a network already established at home, He has 3 computers on
his network, We are trying to link my computer into this network over the
net, but have no idea how to do this, we have tried everything we can think
of in our very limited knowledge with no success. We are both running XP pro
and have Actiontec DSL Routers. How do we get MY machine to link into HIS
already established Network?

And the answer is: use VPN. Establishing a Virtual Private Network from
your PC to his network of PCs allows his net's resources to be shared with
your PC but *not* with the millions of thieves lurking on the net. VPN
encrypts the traffic before shipping it over the public net.

 

[Chuck]

My friend has a network already established at home, He has 3 computers on
his network, We are trying to link my computer into this network over the
net, but have no idea how to do this, we have tried everything we can think
of in our very limited knowledge with no success. We are both running XP pro
and have Actiontec DSL Routers. How do we get MY machine to link into HIS
already established Network?

You'll need a VPN between your two LANs. Will your Actiontec routers support
Vpns (either with a tunnel, or an endpoint)?
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=837355
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=314076
http://www.onecomputerguy.com/networking/xp_vpn_server.htm
http://www.onecomputerguy.com/networking/xp_vpn.htm

Cheers,
Chuck
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