Trouble setting up Remote Desktop Access

[Johan]

Hi

I'm trying to connect my laptop (running XP Pro on
broadband) to my home PC (running XP Pro on broadband). Am
new to networking, so Remote Desktop seems so hard !

How do I know my remote computer's "Computer Name" when
connecting? I'll connect via internet (too far for LAN)
so what does "host name" mean? On broadband, I don't have
a static IP address so assume that bit to be irelevant.

Thanks a lot.

 

[Sooner Al]

Use the public IP of your home PC. If the PC is behind a firewall/NAT/router forward/open TCP Port
3389 to the private LAN IP of the PC your trying to reach.

If your ISP assigns a dynamic IP address, then look at using one of the dynamic naming services. In
my case I use a FREE service from No-IP.com. The No-IP.com software runs on one of my XP Pro boxes
and on a time schedule basis contacts the No-IP.com servers. The No-IP.com servers then know what my
current public IP (DHCP assigned by my ISP) is and maps that to a fully qualified domain name. That
information is then propagated over the public internet. I then call the destination PC, from a
remote location, using the fully qualified domain name. It works very well for me using Remote
Desktop or a PPTP VPN link.

http://www.no-ip.com

Others, some free and some $$$$...

http://www.remotenetworktechnology.com/ow.asp?Remote_Network_Home/Connections

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[Yura Goncharuk]

I'm trying to connect my laptop (running XP Pro on

broadband) to my home PC (running XP Pro on broadband). Am
new to networking, so Remote Desktop seems so hard !

How do I know my remote computer's "Computer Name" when
connecting? I'll connect via internet (too far for LAN)
so what does "host name" mean? On broadband, I don't have
a static IP address so assume that bit to be irelevant.

Use the public IP of your home PC