S
Stuart
I am moving out of my parents house soon but I need to
find a way to remain connected to their computers through
our network so that I can fix things when they are
running into problems.
Right now we all use Windows XP Home and are part of the
same Workgroup. I am able to use something called Real
VNC in order to Remotely connect to their computers and
take over their desktops when they need my help.
Since I am moving out, I would like to be able to retain
this ability to help them but I don't know how to go
about it. First of all, Real VNC allows you to connect
to any PC on the internet as long as you have that
computers IP address and they have VNC Server installed
on their PC. The only thing is that the computers at
home run on cable modem through a Linksys router. In
other words, the router is acting as DHCP server. So
that standard 192.168.1.101 and 192.168.1.102 IPs only
work locally, but won't work outside the home network.
To make matters worse, the router is picking up it's IP
from a remote DHCP server; in other words, I have no idea
what IP address it is using because ipconfig /all only
shows the IP addy that is administered to each PC by the
router.
The only thing I could think of is when I move out of the
house, have my computer become a member of their
workgroup. But is that even possible form a remote
location? Or do you have to be connected to the same
router in order to do that? If that's possible then I
wouldn't even need IPs... I could just use computer names.
Either way, can someone please suggest a solution to this
please. Thank you very much.
find a way to remain connected to their computers through
our network so that I can fix things when they are
running into problems.
Right now we all use Windows XP Home and are part of the
same Workgroup. I am able to use something called Real
VNC in order to Remotely connect to their computers and
take over their desktops when they need my help.
Since I am moving out, I would like to be able to retain
this ability to help them but I don't know how to go
about it. First of all, Real VNC allows you to connect
to any PC on the internet as long as you have that
computers IP address and they have VNC Server installed
on their PC. The only thing is that the computers at
home run on cable modem through a Linksys router. In
other words, the router is acting as DHCP server. So
that standard 192.168.1.101 and 192.168.1.102 IPs only
work locally, but won't work outside the home network.
To make matters worse, the router is picking up it's IP
from a remote DHCP server; in other words, I have no idea
what IP address it is using because ipconfig /all only
shows the IP addy that is administered to each PC by the
router.
The only thing I could think of is when I move out of the
house, have my computer become a member of their
workgroup. But is that even possible form a remote
location? Or do you have to be connected to the same
router in order to do that? If that's possible then I
wouldn't even need IPs... I could just use computer names.
Either way, can someone please suggest a solution to this
please. Thank you very much.