Map a drive on a remote computer

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bob bonehead

Hello,

I need to map a drive on a remote computer. I have a program running at my
home and I need to connect to a database on a computer 3 miles away. I have
a static IP for that computer and I can ping that computer so I can reach it
but not sure what to do next.
Any help would be wonderful.

Dunnie
 
This could get rather trippy considering the machine is not local to your
network. In order to map a drive remotely, I would recommend VPN tunnels
using routers, or a 3rd party service listening. This is the safest, and
recommended way. Other options would run the risk of vulnerabilities and
require you to turn on NETBIOS over TCP/IP on your network.

Please reply with more specifications on your database. What type? Flatfile
or Database server (SQL/Access)
 
Thanks Jeremy and Jack,

I am running a Visual Basic 6.0 program and I need to connect to an Access
Database.
I realize that this is not a safe way of handling this but at this point I
just need to connect to the database.
I am not worried about security right now.

I just need a quick and dirty way to handle this for a short period of time.

Thanks

Dunnie
 
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