I have my computer with windows XP at office network connected to gateway and ISDN modem for internet access. I want to setup my home computer to access office computer files and internet using call back facility of XP so to minimise my local calls from my home. Is it possible? Please tell me how to configure office and home PC for this.
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Spent a little time tonight with XP's Remote Access, so ...
From the Control Panel select:
<System>
<Remote Tab>
<Check Box> Remote Desktop to Allow Users to connect, etc.
As per MS instructions, any user accessing this PC remotely must have a password.
You'll have to set up at least 1 user with a password for remote access when you "Allow Users to Connect".
Worked rather well here, though I am used to PCAnywhere.
Hope this helps!
Ted, the Modem Mixer
I have 56kbps modem for internet access. My objective is slightly different. If I access internet from home PC then I pay internet and telephone charges separately (one call/3minutes) so I want to connect to the work PC which has ISDN router connected to it and WIN XP call back facility call me back from office (when I call from home) through another modem connected to work PC. So I will save call charges and same time utilize remote desktop facility.
I think WIN XP can do this but I m not able to do it.
Thanks a lot Ted to answer my query. No other answers are recd. May be people have not done this.
Thanks once again
Greetings again!
I understand your predicament actually - a colleague out in BC (Canada's west coast) has a client which we dually support here in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) via dialup.
We both use PCAnywhere (PCAW)to remotely access client's system. I am local (with a bit of cell-hop-forwarding), but he is not. Naturally, he would prefer it if client calls when support needed, so callback is enabled for his user access through PCAW.
Looked but could not (quickly) find same in Remote Access of XP.
Hope you are able to seek it out for your purposes.
Let me know at mixer@aci.on.ca if successful, thanks!
Ted, the Modem Mixer
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by: tedskyPosted on 2002-12-17 at 11:57:31ID: 7597318
Greetings!
Not sure if the Remote Access function of XP allows you to set the Host (work) PC up to later be accessed remotely, or if it only allows someone at the Host to allow remote access in real-time (hoping someone else here will provide that information), but if NOT And IFF you don't have XP running on your Home PC, read on MacDuff <smile> ...
Symantec PCAnywhere Pro allows this quite well.
You would need to attain a copy (mine is 10.5) and install ONLY the Host on the work PC, and the Full install (or just the Remote) on the home system.
At the HOST:
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Hopefully you have at least High-speed Internet acces at home (DSL or Cable or better) or else you'll be doing this by phone access to the Net, then accesssing your Host system via IP address, so you'll need that information from your router/gateway device, usually by browsing to its specific 192.168.-whatever address and checking DHCP addresses for the IP address your gateway has picked up from your ISDN provider.
While in the gateway's settings, also jot down the IP address that your PC is getting from then gateway.
Then go to the place in your gateway's settings that offers you to configure a DMZ Host setting, and provide this IP setting to it.
Start up PCAnywhere on your Office PC and choose Host.
Right-Click and copy the Network, DSL, Cable icon and paste a copy, calling it something like "Home Remote".
Right-click this icon, and choose properties.
Move to the "Callers" tab and add a user (further down the screen) using your name, then input login and passwords as requested.
Place PCAnywhere in Host Mode using this profile.
CLose up your Office and Go home.
At the REMOTE:
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Assuming you have Cable, DSL or other highspeed at home, in your PCAnywhere settings for Remote access, copy the default "Network, Cable, DSL" remote profile and paste it choosing say "Rem WAN Office" as its new label.
Right-click this icon and choose properties.
Then go to the "Settings" tab and insert your IP address for the Gateway, and your Gateway will do the rest (linking your office PC with PCAnywhere running in Host Mode to the DMZ setting as per your modification).
Exit the settings mode, and double-click to enter.
You should see your desktop in behind creating a new window initially with a black screen (meaning you've connected), then your Office system's desktop (minus its normal background if it's a picture) will appear with all of its icons (if any).
You now have "Remote Access".
To exit "Remote Access" mode, click the "X" at the top right corner of this remote window, and you will be prompted to close PCAnywhere, which closes the session, and releases the connection to your Office PC.
Hope this helps!
Ted, the Modem Mixer