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April 29th 08, 03:33 PM
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This should be easy!
All I want to do is access shared files on my home network from my laptop
away from home. Should be easy, no? I have the ip address of the router. I can access the router from outside the network, but no files. Laptop running Vista Home and the PCs in the home network are running XP. So what the easy way to do this? Thanks! 
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April 29th 08, 03:57 PM
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This should be easy!
You may want to use VPN or RDC. These how to may help.
How to setup VPNIf your VPN client cannot find servers or cannot ping computernmae, you may need to add DNS and WINS into your VPN server. For example, to add DNS and WINS ... www.howtonetworking.com/Windows/vpnsetup.htm remote desktopTo use Remote Desktop, you need a WinXP Pro as the host and a remote computer running Win9x or a more recent version of Windows as the client that must have ... www.howtonetworking.com/rdesktop.htm -- Bob Lin, MS-MVP, MCSE & CNE Networking, Internet, Routing, VPN Troubleshooting on http://www.ChicagoTech.net How to Setup Windows, Network, VPN & Remote Access on http://www.HowToNetworking.com "Paul Mazaika" wrote in message ... All I want to do is access shared files on my home network from my laptop away from home. Should be easy, no? I have the ip address of the router. I can access the router from outside the network, but no files. Laptop running Vista Home and the PCs in the home network are running XP. So what the easy way to do this? Thanks!
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April 29th 08, 04:05 PM
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This should be easy!
Hi
While you can access the Router from the Internet, the Router does not know where to go inside the LAN. A port open through the Router pointing to the IP of the computer directs the traffic to the computer. Example, if running an ftp server on port 21, opening port 21 to the IP of the computer would direct the traffic from the outside toward the ftp server. However opening the directly the general file access creates a sever security problem. Use Remote Desktop, or set a secure ftp server to access your files. http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/u...moteintro.mspx Jack (MVP-Networking). "Paul Mazaika" wrote in message ... All I want to do is access shared files on my home network from my laptop away from home. Should be easy, no? I have the ip address of the router. I can access the router from outside the network, but no files. Laptop running Vista Home and the PCs in the home network are running XP. So what the easy way to do this? Thanks!
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