remote access to my pc within LAN from internet?

Question

my office server pc is within a LAN (say i.p. 192.168.0.1) which is connected to internet via a router (say i.p. 59.56.71.109)
and now, i want to acess it (office server) remotely from home where again my laptop is under a LAN (wireless) connected to internet via a router..


1>> How do i do that?
2>> Do i need to have static ip at both ends or office end or none..?

need help urgently..

Answer 1

The most secure way would be with VPN software. But if you don't want to go through that hassle, you can open what ever port you need for remote access on your firewall (ex: 3389 for remote desktop). If you don't wish to configure a firewall, you can use a little application called Hamachi. It's pretty simple to set up, and secured with a password.

Answer 2

This is a very trixie question.
You will need to configure both ends of the chain.
It would help if we knew the specs of the office server, and what kind of interactions you want to have with it via network.

There are solutions out there like logmein.com and gotomypc,

Also if you are running a firewall (and most likely you are) you will need to set passthrough for the ports that will be used.

Let us know what kind of machines, what OS and what you wnat to do by remote control.

Answer 3

You must setup your server to accept incoming connection to start working like a vpn server.
On your pc , laptop install a vpn client and connect to your sever.
In Your router must enable the trafic for vpn.
Yes you need static ip

Answer 4

Window's built in RDP is the best. (RDP = Remote Desktop Protocol) The computer being accessed needs windows XP pro though. I'm not sure which version of Vista has RDP.

Answer 5

you need to have port 1494 open at your office and then you should be ok

you will also need to poke a hole into the firewall
or use go to my pc as well that workd good