MN 100 and MAC Filtering

At my office I want to set up a single computer to be a PCAnyWhere host so I
can connect remotely from my home computer. Right now the router is blocking
access from home to the office.

What happens if I select the "Enable connection control" (via base station
management / Security / Mac Filtering) and only specify one MAC address (my
home MAC addy) but do not specify any of the MAC addys of my other
computers at the office, and I select "ALLOW unspecified clients"?

1) Will my other, "unspecified", computers at the office still be able to
access the Internet?
2) Is there a security issue by using this kind of set up ie: using MAC
filtering, only specifying my one remote addy, and selecting "allow
unspecified clients"?


Thanks!

RE: MN 100

I got NO feedback for my question below. Microsoft's manual for its product
(MN 100) didn't cover my questions ... thus I asked the question in this
NewsGroup. My questions beget "YES/NO" answers.

To the msnews.Microsoft.com group...
I'm a little confused. Microsoft.com provides links to this Newsgroup from
its Web Site. Thus one assumes that this newsgroup is for technical support
for Microsoft products (be it hardware or software). If my assumptions are
wrong please let me know and suggest another place to look for answers to my
questions?

Thanks,
Oleander

> At my office I want to set up a single computer to be a PCAnyWhere host so
I
> can connect remotely from my home computer. Right now the router is
blocking
> access from home to the office.
>
> What happens if I select the "Enable connection control" (via base station
> management / Security / Mac Filtering) and only specify one MAC address
(my
> home MAC addy) but do not specify any of the MAC addys of my other
> computers at the office, and I select "ALLOW unspecified clients"?
>
> 1) Will my other, "unspecified", computers at the office still be able to
> access the Internet?
> 2) Is there a security issue by using this kind of set up ie: using MAC
> filtering, only specifying my one remote addy, and selecting "allow
> unspecified clients"?
>
>
> Thanks!
>

Have you check the PCAnywhere support to determine what port you need to
open? You may want to check, including the XP SP2 information if you're
running that, here: http://www.symantec.com/techsupp/sp2/faq.html
--
Chris H.
Microsoft Windows MVP/Tablet PC
Tablet Creations - http://nicecreations.us/
Associate Expert
Expert Zone - www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone


" Oleander" <dedee hyphen g at telus dot net> wrote in message
news:uFu%(E-Mail Removed)...
> RE: MN 100
>
> I got NO feedback for my question below. Microsoft's manual for its
> product
> (MN 100) didn't cover my questions ... thus I asked the question in this
> NewsGroup. My questions beget "YES/NO" answers.
>
> To the msnews.Microsoft.com group...
> I'm a little confused. Microsoft.com provides links to this Newsgroup from
> its Web Site. Thus one assumes that this newsgroup is for technical
> support
> for Microsoft products (be it hardware or software). If my assumptions
> are
> wrong please let me know and suggest another place to look for answers to
> my
> questions?
>
> Thanks,
> Oleander
>
>> At my office I want to set up a single computer to be a PCAnyWhere host
>> so
> I
>> can connect remotely from my home computer. Right now the router is
> blocking
>> access from home to the office.
>>
>> What happens if I select the "Enable connection control" (via base
>> station
>> management / Security / Mac Filtering) and only specify one MAC address
> (my
>> home MAC addy) but do not specify any of the MAC addys of my other
>> computers at the office, and I select "ALLOW unspecified clients"?
>>
>> 1) Will my other, "unspecified", computers at the office still be able to
>> access the Internet?
>> 2) Is there a security issue by using this kind of set up ie: using MAC
>> filtering, only specifying my one remote addy, and selecting "allow
>> unspecified clients"?
>>
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>

> Have you check the PCAnywhere support to determine what port you need to
> open? You may want to check, including the XP SP2 information if you're
> running that, here: http://www.symantec.com/techsupp/sp2/faq.html

Chris, thanks for your response -- appreciated.

PCAnywhere does use specific ports.
Are you suggesting that I use port-forwarding (instead of MAC addressing) to
allow specific ports full access?
I'm so confused. I'm a beginner. You're the expert. I'm not.

Not really, I'm just a user too. However, I don't have PCAnywhere, so I
don't know what the requirements are to allow it access. I believe, if I'm
recalling correctly, you need to set both computers so they match. If
someone sees this thread and uses the program, perhaps they'll pop in with
help.

I do know, you're at an advantage if you have a static instead of dynamic IP
address with your Internet Service Provider. I'm pretty sure this link may
help you:
http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPORT...92482420&src=n
--
Chris H.
Microsoft Windows MVP/Tablet PC
Tablet Creations - http://nicecreations.us/
Associate Expert
Expert Zone - www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone


" Oleander" <dedee hyphen g at telus dot net> wrote in message
news:ucT0$(E-Mail Removed)...
>> Have you check the PCAnywhere support to determine what port you need to
>> open? You may want to check, including the XP SP2 information if you're
>> running that, here: http://www.symantec.com/techsupp/sp2/faq.html
>
> Chris, thanks for your response -- appreciated.
>
> PCAnywhere does use specific ports.
> Are you suggesting that I use port-forwarding (instead of MAC addressing)
> to
> allow specific ports full access?
> I'm so confused. I'm a beginner. You're the expert. I'm not.
>