[Ti] Remote Desktop Question

[Chris Olson]

On Mar 12, 2005, at 8:35 AM, David DelMonte wrote:

> Does anyone know if it's possible to use remote desktop (2.x) over the 
> internet - connecting two computers that are on different lans and 
> that use DHCP to get IP addresses?
>
> If so, can you please give me detailed instructions on how to set up 
> both clients and the server.

It works fine over the internet.  ARD 2 is nothing but a VNC 
server/client application.

The server (machine that you want to control from a remote location) 
will need a static IP on the LAN, or a DHCP lease time of long enough 
duration to prevent it from getting a different IP after it's been 
rebooted.  The router that routes the LAN for the server has to be set 
up to port forward TCP port 5900 from the WAN (internet) to the 
internal address of the server.

On the client side, you don't need to do anything except connect to the 
WAN IP (or hostname if it's in DNS) of the location where the server is 
on port 5900.  Obviously the WAN IP where the server is located must 
also be static or DHCP with a long enough lease time to remain 
relatively static.
--
Chris