At home I have a couple of iMacs airported together hooked up to a cable
modem.

At work I have my iBook and at times I need a file I left at home.

I've tried various ways to get to my computer from work but have had no
luck yet.

Can anyone enlighten me?

jim wrote:

> At home I have a couple of iMacs airported together hooked up to a cable
> modem.
> At work I have my iBook and at times I need a file I left at home.
> I've tried various ways to get to my computer from work but have had no
> luck yet.
> Can anyone enlighten me?

Perhaps the easiest way would be to use Dynamic DNS:

http://www.dyndns.org/

Otherwise, configure one of the machines as a server, configure the
airport base and your cable modem to allow pass-through, and have the
machine email or update a webpage with the current IP address.

good luck!
GTr
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> > At home I have a couple of iMacs airported together hooked up to a cable
> > modem.
> > At work I have my iBook and at times I need a file I left at home.
> > I've tried various ways to get to my computer from work but have had no
> > luck yet.
> > Can anyone enlighten me?
>
> Perhaps the easiest way would be to use Dynamic DNS:
>
> http://www.dyndns.org/
>
> Otherwise, configure one of the machines as a server, configure the
> airport base and your cable modem to allow pass-through, and have the
> machine email or update a webpage with the current IP address.

There's always a chance your ISP blocks incoming connections on certain
ports, but that issue aside...

The easiest thing to do is to open up sys prefs, Sharing on the Mac at
home and activate "Remote Login". This will allow you to use SSH to get
a terminal prompt over the net and will keep your connection secure. OS
X has a built-in command-line client and you can grab MacSSH for OS
7.5.1-9 (http://pro.wanadoo.fr/chombier/MacSSH/SSH_info.html). There
are very easy to use Windows clients too, like Putty.

Even better is setting up VNC over an ssh tunnel. Then you can mirror
back exactly what your Mac's desktop at home looks like on your remote
computer. (http://www.redstonesoftware.com/vnc.html#support) Chicken
of the VNC is the Mac client I see recommended most often, though I've
only messed with this using RealVNC from a Windows box.

Having at least ssh on is *very* nice to have, and you'll wonder how you
got by without it.

Getting your address is nice with dyndns, but typing in ifconfig and
getting your IP or getting it from your router, etc (whatever's exposed
to the net; here your Airport basestation, I suppose?) will give you a
number that's nearly as useful if you keep your home network going at
all times.

Hope that works. Again, as suggested above, make sure your cable modem
& base allow the proper ports access from the net. There have been some
security risks associated with ssh, but overall it's a relatively safe
practice (though mine is off now).

Hope that's helpful.

Ruffin Bailey

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