Hey

I have a winXP machine at home and also a winXP machine at work. I've heard
I can access the machine at work from my home computer using VPN. For
accessing the work computer I need to use 2 IP addresses. The public IP
address of the company and the IP address of my computer at work...

What program do I use to access my computer? Is it Remote Desktop? If so how
do I set those 2 IP addresses in the Remote Desktop program?

Jeff

"Jeff" <it_consultant1********.com.NOSPAM> wrote in message
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> Hey
>
> I have a winXP machine at home and also a winXP machine at work. I've
> heard I can access the machine at work from my home computer using VPN.
> For accessing the work computer I need to use 2 IP addresses. The public
> IP address of the company and the IP address of my computer at work...
>
> What program do I use to access my computer? Is it Remote Desktop? If so
> how do I set those 2 IP addresses in the Remote Desktop program?
>
> Jeff

Yes, you can use Remote Desktop to access your office PC
from home, but only if your office PC runs Windows XP
Professional.

Since there are a few things that must be configured at your
office installation for a VPN or a Remote Desktop connection,
it would be best for you to talk to your network administrator.

"Pegasus (MVP)" <I.can@fly.com> wrote in message
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> "Jeff" <it_consultant1********.com.NOSPAM> wrote in message
> news:O6TJyL8CIHA.4360@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>> Hey
>>
>> I have a winXP machine at home and also a winXP machine at work. I've
>> heard I can access the machine at work from my home computer using VPN.
>> For accessing the work computer I need to use 2 IP addresses. The public
>> IP address of the company and the IP address of my computer at work...
>>
>> What program do I use to access my computer? Is it Remote Desktop? If so
>> how do I set those 2 IP addresses in the Remote Desktop program?
>>
>> Jeff
>
> Yes, you can use Remote Desktop to access your office PC
> from home, but only if your office PC runs Windows XP
> Professional.
>

Erm, isn't it the other way around? XP Home can receive remote access
requests but cannot initiate them.

"M.I.5¾" <no.one@no.where.NO_SPAM.co.uk> wrote in message
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> "Pegasus (MVP)" <I.can@fly.com> wrote in message
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>>
>> "Jeff" <it_consultant1********.com.NOSPAM> wrote in message
>> news:O6TJyL8CIHA.4360@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>>> Hey
>>>
>>> I have a winXP machine at home and also a winXP machine at work. I've
>>> heard I can access the machine at work from my home computer using VPN.
>>> For accessing the work computer I need to use 2 IP addresses. The public
>>> IP address of the company and the IP address of my computer at work...
>>>
>>> What program do I use to access my computer? Is it Remote Desktop? If so
>>> how do I set those 2 IP addresses in the Remote Desktop program?
>>>
>>> Jeff
>>
>> Yes, you can use Remote Desktop to access your office PC
>> from home, but only if your office PC runs Windows XP
>> Professional.
>>
>
> Erm, isn't it the other way around? XP Home can receive remote access
> requests but cannot initiate them.
>

Nope. Any Windows machine can run mstsc.exe (the "Remote Desktop
Client"), even a Win9x machine. However, it takes at least a WinXP
Professional machine to act as a Remote Desktop host. Give it a try!