Networks

Ask something
Discussion Locked

pcAnywhere through a switch

0 helpful
3 replies

by tech53589

Closed to new repliesThis discussion is closed. It stays readable, but it takes no new replies.
I have Internet DSL from an ISP connected to a 3Com Superstack 3 3300XM and want to know if I can use pcAnywhere from home to remote control a PC connected to it.

3 replies

by ann777

The only key to installing PCAnywhere and using it successfully is if you can open ports 5631 & 5632 for PC Anywhere to communicate back and forth through a firewall.

The 3Com Superstack 3 3300XM is a switch... not a firewall. It does not playinto whether or not PCAnywhere would or would not work.

If you have no firewall, then you should not have a problem. If you have a firewall, you need to open 5631 and 5632 both udp and tcp, and you should be fine.

DSL also uses dynamic ip addresses (usually unless you pay more for static), and a DSL/Cable firewalls usually operates from NAT (network address translation). You will need to know how to configure pc anywhere on both sides (host and client)

This discussion is closed to new replies.