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by Al » Fri, 06 Sep 2002 13:06:06

Hi all,
Is there any option to connect to my home computer from my office if my home
computer runs RedHat7.3 and has dynamic IP address (I know this address). My
office computer runs win200. Both have connection to internet.
Thanks

by **frank barne** » Fri, 06 Sep 2002 14:56:31

>Hi all,
>Is there any option to connect to my home computer from my office if my home
>computer runs RedHat7.3 and has dynamic IP address (I know this address). My
>office computer runs win200. Both have connection to internet.
>Thanks

If your computers dynamic IP is not one in the private range (see RFC 1918)
you should still be able to see your computer from work (unless your ISP
blocks
ports). The address is all you need, however you might want to get a domain
name for it and use soemthing like dyndns.org

-f

by **Matthias Pitz** » Fri, 06 Sep 2002 22:54:51

Hi!

You could try something like dyndns. Look at http://www.dyndns.org.
You can use their service to assign your dynamic ip to a hostname.

Matthias

> Hi all,
> Is there any option to connect to my home computer from my office if my home
> computer runs RedHat7.3 and has dynamic IP address (I know this address). My
> office computer runs win200. Both have connection to internet.
> Thanks

by Al » Sat, 07 Sep 2002 11:58:03

> >Hi all,
> >Is there any option to connect to my home computer from my office if my
home
> >computer runs RedHat7.3 and has dynamic IP address (I know this address).
My
> >office computer runs win200. Both have connection to internet.
> >Thanks

> If your computers dynamic IP is not one in the private range (see RFC
1918)
> you should still be able to see your computer from work (unless your ISP
> blocks
> ports). The address is all you need, however you might want to get a
domain
> name for it and use soemthing like dyndns.org

> -f

My computers IP starts with 24, so its not a private range.
Actually it is my router's address (address for external net). When I "ping"
to this address from other home computer it works.
But if I "ping" from office it doesn't.
I can imaging that ISP blocks port 80, but what port is used by "ping"?
And if "ping" doesn't work, how can dyndns.org work?
And does "ping" work in this type of communication at all?
Same thing with browser...
If I type this address in browser on other home computer, it works.
In office - doesn't.
Again, if ISP blocks port 80, is there any option to connect through other
ports?

by **frank barne** » Sat, 07 Sep 2002 14:43:32

>>>Hi all,
>>>Is there any option to connect to my home computer from my office if my

>home

>>>computer runs RedHat7.3 and has dynamic IP address (I know this address).

>My

>>>office computer runs win200. Both have connection to internet.
>>>Thanks

>>If your computers dynamic IP is not one in the private range (see RFC

>1918)

>>you should still be able to see your computer from work (unless your ISP
>>blocks
>>ports). The address is all you need, however you might want to get a

>domain

>>name for it and use soemthing like dyndns.org

>>-f

>My computers IP starts with 24, so its not a private range.
>Actually it is my router's address (address for external net). When I "ping"
>to this address from other home computer it works.
>But if I "ping" from office it doesn't.
>I can imaging that ISP blocks port 80, but what port is used by "ping"?
>And if "ping" doesn't work, how can dyndns.org work?
>And does "ping" work in this type of communication at all?
>Same thing with browser...
>If I type this address in browser on other home computer, it works.
>In office - doesn't.
>Again, if ISP blocks port 80, is there any option to connect through other
>ports?

You need to establish whether you can conenct to your computer from outside.
It is doesnt respond to ping is might indicate that there is something
strange.
The issue of the browser port can be solved by specifying the port
number in
the webserver setup. If you are using apache, check the port parameter in
/etc/apache/httpd.conf.

-f

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