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Here is my problem. I want to connect to my office computer from home. I have windows XP on both computers. I have DSL at the office and a cable modem at home. I have successfully connected to my home computer from the office through XP's "Remote Desktop Connection" because the only thing I need to know is my static, routable IP address for my cable connection which I know. However, I am not able to connect to my office computer because it has DSL and a router which I cant get passed. There areseveral computers at the office all connected through a hub which is connected to a router. All the computer have static IP addresses such as 10.0.0.1. The only real address is the router. I know that address and the user name and password to get into that router but I need to know how to connect to other computers in the office from home. Since the computer addresses aren't routable, obviously I will have to connect to the router somehow first and then gain access to the other computers. I think this might have something to do with Network address translation. The router is a 678c router from Cisco. Someone please give me step by step instructions on how to achieve this. Thank you.

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by jayanth

Hi, the reason you are unable to connect to your office computer from your home is that, your office computer has a Private IP/Non-routable IP. To overcome this, you must either set a Reverse NAT on your router, wherein when you connect to the IP ofyour router, it gets NATed (reverse) and connects to one of the office computer. This is not recommended.

Instead setup another computer in your office with a Public IP and establish VPN on it. Win 2K has easy features to help you to establish aVPN. Am not sure about XP. Once you establish a VPN, you can connect to this VPN server and then access any machine on the office network.

by curlergirl

HI, IT'S ME!! I'd love to have the points - thanks a lot for taking the time to do this!!

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