i want to be able to access my home computer remotely (obviously not on the same lan)...yes, there are a number of programs that do this, sort of...but my ip address is dynamic, so it changes on a regular basis...and i don't want to pay for a "service" to do this for me, i want to be able to handle this on my own and have complete control

since i have my own web server with dedicated ip address, is there a program that i can install on the server and then dial into THAT to have access to my computer? anyone know of something like this? i'm willing to pay for something, but nothing too ridiculously expensive

i have a sneaking suspicion that not only will i get minimal views, but i'll get few (if any) beneficial answers...but we'll see

11/30/2005 3:01:58 PM

just use terminal services - the ip address issue is handled 100s of ways - dyndns and all of those - or hell just register a domain for it and change it from time to time when you ip does change - is it dialup dynamic or cable/dsl dynamic?

11/30/2005 3:03:52 PM

dsl dynamic

11/30/2005 3:13:58 PM

http://www.no-ip.com/services/managed_dns/free_dynamic_dns.html

you just install a small program on your computer, and everytime your ip changes, it informs the service of the new ip. you get an address like myname.no-ip.com, and that always points to your ip

[Edited on November 30, 2005 at 3:16 PM. Reason : .]

11/30/2005 3:15:25 PM

i've actually used services like this before and don't get me wrong, they work well...but like i said, i was trying to get something that i could put on my OWN web server so that i wouldn't have to rely on a third party...does that make sense?

btw, i appreciate the replies, i do

11/30/2005 3:32:14 PM

I use http://www.dyndns.com/services/dns/dyndns/
completely free and there is software that does the automatic IP update for you.
http://www.dyndns.com/support/clients/

[Edited on November 30, 2005 at 4:20 PM. Reason : links]

[Edited on November 30, 2005 at 4:24 PM. Reason : 3rd party. might help if I read]

11/30/2005 4:19:07 PM

do you mean trying to route access to your home computer through your webserver ? as in have the webserver forward the VNC traffic ?

If you're not trying to do that, then there's no reason to reinvent the wheel and not use some dynamic dns program like no-ip, or dyndns.org, etc

What program do you use to remotely access your computer? VNC, Terminal Services?

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You would have to write a client to run on your home computer to post your IP address to your webserver whenever your home computer's IP address changes. And You'd have to write some sort of script or webpage to read that address from the webserver and make it available to you remotely.

Either way, you're still trying to reinvent some already existing technology.

[Edited on November 30, 2005 at 4:24 PM. Reason : idea]

11/30/2005 4:21:34 PM

http://www.gotomypc.com

[Edited on November 30, 2005 at 4:26 PM. Reason : ]

11/30/2005 4:26:02 PM

^^ actually, yes, that is exactly what i'm trying to do (that's what these free online services do too, right?)...and i know it's been done, i was just hoping there might be a way to purchase the scripting/program and do it without relying on 3rd party

^ doesn't that require using their website?

again, thanks all, i appreciate it

11/30/2005 4:37:58 PM

it requires using their website to register and login, but I don't think the traffic is passed through their site after the connection is established.

It's cool, you can transfer files - and the display is about as good as I've seen (excluding Windows Remote Desktop) for a vnc type application

give it a try

11/30/2005 4:54:18 PM

What is your webserver and desktop running?

This may be a bit over the top, but you could have your webserver run a dns server as well and point your desktop at it and set it to dynamically update.

If both boxes are running Windows you can use the RDP activex control.
If both are linux you can tunnel VNC through SSH and use the mindterm java ssh client.

11/30/2005 9:31:24 PM

desktop is windows xp, server is linux

11/30/2005 9:47:12 PM

In order to access your home computer remotely, all you need is its IP address. Since you don't want to use a 3rd party DNS service you could implement the same exact thing on your own using your web server as the authoritative DNS server for your domain; of course then you will have to deal with all of the issues related to maintaining a DNS server. You could also have your home computer hit your web server with its IP address when it changes and set up a way to retrieve that IP address remotely (like MiniMe_877 said). Tunneling all of your traffic through the web server doesn't make any sense. You will only introduce lag, un-necessary activity on your web server, and more points of failure. If you absolutely cannot use a 3rd party, I think the best bet would be to copy the no-ip/dyndns system and use your own domain/DNS server.

[Edited on December 1, 2005 at 9:56 AM. Reason : -]

12/1/2005 9:52:47 AM

Quote :

"You could also have your home computer hit your web server with its IP address when it changes and set up a way to retrieve that IP address remotely "

that's what i'd like to do...anyone know of any software/scripting that will do that? i mean, how much extra traffic could that possibly generate? i get 45gb of traffic each month, and i doubt i even top a couple gigs...that and the ip address doesn't change THAT often (once/twice a week?)

12/1/2005 12:12:04 PM

bttt

12/1/2005 2:14:47 PM

bttt

12/2/2005 12:18:15 AM

why not use the web feature of VNC?

12/2/2005 6:36:16 AM

are you talking about the port stuff under the connections tab in the server settings?

i understand that this all makes me look like a n00b, but wouldn't i also run into trouble considering my home pc is connected through a wireless router? i realize i forgot to mention that...so it has an ip address of 192.168.x.x, but the actual ip address is something different...

12/2/2005 9:37:39 AM