[NBLUG/talk] How to access my home computer remotely

[Roger House]

The router is a Linksys Cable/DSL Router BEFSR41.

Roger

On 12/28/2010 05:39 PM, Jack Smith wrote:
>
>
> On Tue, Dec 28, 2010 at 8:12 PM, Roger House <rhouse at sonic.net 
> <mailto:rhouse at sonic.net>> wrote:
>
>     I use Comcast with a cable modem and a router.  I know the router
>     provides a local IP address for the home computer, but it seems
>     that the
>     remote computer needs more than this.
>
>
> I haven't done this in a -long- time, so I'll leave the details to 
> someone else, but no, you don't use the local address of the 
> computer.  You use the address that Comcast gives the router.  Then 
> when you open up the port on the router (which one depends on how 
> you're connecting) you tell the router to pass requests on that port 
> along to your computer's -local- address.  Since you're using an 
> address that Comcast can change any time you reboot your router, be 
> sure to check if it has changed whenever you do that or have a power 
> outage.  -Usually- Comcast will reuse the same address anyway, but 
> it's not guaranteed.  You also have to tell your router to assign a 
> fixed address to your computer so -that- doesn't change.
>
> Since you're going to be doing a bunch of things to your router let us 
> know what kind it is unless you already know how to work with it.  
> They're all (in my limited experience) a bit different.
>
> -- 
> Jack Smith
>
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> languages down dark alleys and takes what it wants.
>
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