Remote access to DSL-504 router?

We have a small LAN at work with broadband and a D_Link DSL-504
router. I have broadband (with Netgear 824M router) at my home and I
want to access the LAN using PC Anywhere (or similar). D-Link tech
support seem vague and somewhat inconsistant with their advice on the
DSL router setup. Any advice would be very much appreciated.

(E-Mail Removed) (Jez) wrote in
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> We have a small LAN at work with broadband and a D_Link DSL-504
> router. I have broadband (with Netgear 824M router) at my home
> and I want to access the LAN using PC Anywhere (or similar).
> D-Link tech support seem vague and somewhat inconsistant with
> their advice on the DSL router setup. Any advice would be very
> much appreciated.
>

You need to set up the DSL-504 to map the inbound port number(s) that
PC Anywhere uses to a PC on your work LAN that will accept the
request.
The docs for PC Anywhere should tell you which port(s) it uses, and
ditto for the 504 should tell you how to set up port mappings.

Suggest you give due consideration to the security implications of
this set-up. A VPN connection may be worth investigating.

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(E-Mail Removed) (Jez) wrote in
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> BRG <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>> (E-Mail Removed) (Jez) wrote in
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>>
>> > We have a small LAN at work with broadband and a D_Link
>> > DSL-504 router. I have broadband (with Netgear 824M router)
>> > at my home and I want to access the LAN using PC Anywhere (or
>> > similar). D-Link tech support seem vague and somewhat
>> > inconsistant with their advice on the DSL router setup. Any
>> > advice would be very much appreciated.
>> >
>>
>> You need to set up the DSL-504 to map the inbound port
>> number(s) that PC Anywhere uses to a PC on your work LAN that
>> will accept the request.
>> The docs for PC Anywhere should tell you which port(s) it uses,
>> and ditto for the 504 should tell you how to set up port
>> mappings.
>>
>> Suggest you give due consideration to the security implications
>> of this set-up. A VPN connection may be worth investigating.
>
> Thanks for the information. Am I right in saying that if I set
> up as you described then anyone with PCAnywhere could gain
> access to the PC on our LAN?

I haven't used PCA itself, but the other remote access packages
I've used provide password authentication to avoid unwanted
visitors.

> How do I set up a VPN,
Stretching my direct knowledge here, I've only experience of it as
an end user on a corporate network.

> I have heard that newer versions of Windows have it built in?
At least Windows 2000 and XP Pro have VPN capability built-in e.g.
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/p...mobile/vpns.as
p

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