connect to my home pc from work

I can't connect to my home pc or router from my employers network.

At home Ihave Nildram broadband (dynamic ip) connected through a Draytec 2600
wireless router. The main PC is hooked up directly to one of the Ethernet ports
on the router.

I opened up a couple of ports on the router NAT table 3389 - to allow remote
desktop communication with my main pc, but I can't access from work.

In fact I cannot even ping my router.

Any ideas people ?

tia.

> I opened up a couple of ports on the router NAT table 3389 - to allow remote
> desktop communication with my main pc, but I can't access from work.
> In fact I cannot even ping my router.
> Any ideas people ?

At a guess, your workplace have blocked non-essential ports.

If you need access to your home PC and this access is sanctioned as OK by
your employers, they should be able to arrange access for you.

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"Colin Wilson" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> > I opened up a couple of ports on the router NAT table 3389 - to allow remote
> > desktop communication with my main pc, but I can't access from work.
> > In fact I cannot even ping my router.
> > Any ideas people ?
>
> At a guess, your workplace have blocked non-essential ports.
>
> If you need access to your home PC and this access is sanctioned as OK by
> your employers, they should be able to arrange access for you.

ouch. That will be a problem then.

If I setup my PC as a web server, is it port 80 that I open up on the router ?

I'd like to verify that I can connect and take it from there.

I think you need a static ipaddress for your home network. What ip address
do you try to connect to....you can use one of the dynamic dns services
" ¤ Blade ¤" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> I can't connect to my home pc or router from my employers network.
>
> At home Ihave Nildram broadband (dynamic ip) connected through a Draytec
2600
> wireless router. The main PC is hooked up directly to one of the Ethernet
ports
> on the router.
>
> I opened up a couple of ports on the router NAT table 3389 - to allow
remote
> desktop communication with my main pc, but I can't access from work.
>
> In fact I cannot even ping my router.
>
> Any ideas people ?
>
> tia.
>
>
>

> I think you need a static ipaddress for your home network. What ip address
> do you try to connect to....you can use one of the dynamic dns services

I agree I'll need a static IP for a more permanent solution, but I can't even
see my router from work. I checked the IP of my router in the monrning, tested
the connection from work (no luck) and verified the IP address was the same when
i got home. So I'm sure that the dynamic IP is not the source of this particular
problem.

Is there some way I can use one of these dynamic dns web programs (like no-ip)
to connect to my main pc that will work using my router IP instead of my main pc
?

On Sat, 8 Nov 2003 20:01:15 -0000, "**¤ Blade ¤" <(E-Mail Removed)>
wrote:

>
>"Colin Wilson" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>news:(E-Mail Removed) et...
>> > I opened up a couple of ports on the router NAT table 3389 - to allow remote
>> > desktop communication with my main pc, but I can't access from work.
>> > In fact I cannot even ping my router.
>> > Any ideas people ?
>>
>> At a guess, your workplace have blocked non-essential ports.
>>
>> If you need access to your home PC and this access is sanctioned as OK by
>> your employers, they should be able to arrange access for you.
>
>ouch. That will be a problem then.
>
>If I setup my PC as a web server, is it port 80 that I open up on the router ?

Draytek 2600

Advanced Setup> NAT Setup> Port Redirection

Service name: HTTP
Protocol: TCP
Public Port: 80
Private IP: 192.168.1.10 (Web Server IP on your LAN)
Private Port: 80

Reboot the router and it should just work assuming your web server is
set up correctly. All this info is readily available.
Try http://www.draytek.co.uk/support/index.html

--
Dave

" ¤ Blade ¤" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>
> I agree I'll need a static IP for a more permanent solution, but I can't
even
> see my router from work. I checked the IP of my router in the monrning,
tested
> the connection from work (no luck) and verified the IP address was the
same when
> i got home. So I'm sure that the dynamic IP is not the source of this
particular
> problem.
>
> Is there some way I can use one of these dynamic dns web programs (like
no-ip)
> to connect to my main pc that will work using my router IP instead of my
main pc
> ?
>

You'll probably find that the 2600 is configured not to respond to pings
from the internet (it's in the config under Management Setup).

As far as dynamic DNS goes, the 2600 supports this for a number of service
providers (like no-ip.com which I use myself).

As to whether you should be trying to access your home PC from work, I'll
leave that between you and your employer :-)

Mark.

¤ Blade ¤ wrote:

>>I think you need a static ipaddress for your home network. What ip address
>>do you try to connect to....you can use one of the dynamic dns services
>
>
> I agree I'll need a static IP for a more permanent solution, but I can't even
> see my router from work. I checked the IP of my router in the monrning, tested
> the connection from work (no luck) and verified the IP address was the same when
> i got home. So I'm sure that the dynamic IP is not the source of this particular
> problem.
>
> Is there some way I can use one of these dynamic dns web programs (like no-ip)
> to connect to my main pc that will work using my router IP instead of my main pc
> ?
>
>

The DrayTek 2600 has a dynamicDNS client in the routers software. You
can set it up to update a DNS service the like one provided free by
www.dyndns.org

Zapp Brannigan wrote:
> The DrayTek 2600 has a dynamicDNS client in the routers software. You
> can set it up to update a DNS service the like one provided free by
> www.dyndns.org

aha so it has.I didn't notice that before. Thank you.

" ¤ Blade ¤" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> I can't connect to my home pc or router from my employers network.
>
> At home Ihave Nildram broadband (dynamic ip) connected through a Draytec
2600
> wireless router. The main PC is hooked up directly to one of the Ethernet
ports
> on the router.
>
> I opened up a couple of ports on the router NAT table 3389 - to allow
remote
> desktop communication with my main pc, but I can't access from work.
>
> In fact I cannot even ping my router.
>
> Any ideas people ?
>
> tia.

Windows firewall on your machine?