hey guys, i hope one of you can answer this question: i have a Dell Dimension 8100 that i work off of at the j.o.b. we have DSL running off of a hub that i have immediate access to. i also have a personal laptop (IBM Thinkpad A20m). i do NOT have internet access at my house, nor a phone line. my question is... is there any way i can contact my desktop pc (at work) from my laptop...particularly when i am at home? further, if i were able to do so, would i be able to use the internet via the DSL connection at my office? i've checked with my "superiors" and they do not have a problem with it...assuming it could be done. does anyone know what program would be necessary? and what additional hardware might be necessary?
verse, Unfortunately you need at least a phone line (or other connection) to dialup/connect to your company's server or a wireless LAN (assuming you live beside your office which I doubt it)... once you set up the network you can use/share resources from your company's machines...
slow down a second. you are thinking too much about this. If you have no phone line at home (or cellular computer service, or a LAN line), you can't connect to any other computer, period. Even if you did get a phone line to connect to your work computer (via a plethora of PC-PC packages), you would still be limited to the speed of the slowest leg...ie; the phone line portion from home to the work computer. The best you can do is use a slow phone line to get a PC-PC connection to your work machine, then fire up your work browser remotely to dowload all your p*rn to your work machine at DSL speeds...you could do this while gardening on Sunday at home. But you'd still have to watch it at work, or put up with the slow download for the last leg to your home machine.
no problem buying a phone line. the only reason i don't have one is because i'm hardly ever at home. but if it were necessary in order to connect with my offices DSL, i'd do it. that implies that i'd absolutely have to have access to a hard line, though. is this correct? like i said, at work we're running DSL. oh, and at home (don't know if it makes a difference or not), but i am using DirecTV. i'm somewhat familiar with setting up a network in a single location. but setting up a remote location is over my head. help!!
ok, now we're getting somewhere. this would be sufficient for my needs at home. what software package(s) would i need in order to fire up my work browser remotely?
verse, if you don't get a fast connection at home, you cannot surf fast, period. Trying to use your work machine's DSL cannot make your home connection faster.
heypee: i know we're doing the overlapping responses thing here...sorry about that. but, i really need to go. i'll check back manana to see what suggestions you (and others) have. thanks! ps. i completely understand what you're saying about the connection/DL speeds...
don't know. depends on what connections you have at work. If your computer can answer the phone (like receive faxes) then PC-Anywhere can do it. If you are behind a server/firewall with no dedicated phone line, then we'd need more info....and surely others here would have more experience with that than me.
Before forking over any money for PC-Anywhere, try VNC, it's free: http://www.uk.research.att.com/vnc/
yeah... i'm on pca a lot at work fixing people's crap. dial ups can be pretty slow. best when connecting tcpip. right? i've heard of "go to my pc" software before, but haven't used it. same with vcn. verse are you guys on a citrix server there? if so, you can download citrix ica client for free for your home machine and connect remotely that way with an ip address. guys, that's right, right?
hey guys, here's a little info that i hope will clarify some things... what we did was run three different, non-network PCs into an "SMC" brand hub. the hub is connected to the DSL box ("Westell"). the hub's connected into a dedicated, single phone line. i have tried calling the number for the phone line and it just rings indefinitely. none of the computers (to my knowledge) have fax capabilities. of course, they all have ethernet cards and the necessary equipment for DSL. if you need any other pertinent information, ask me. i'm sure i can find out what you're looking for. thanks!
verse, Unless you have a modem on the other end, it will never pick up. Also, the only way you will be able to connect to your laptop at work is via the Internet or direct dial-up. I'd be careful of remote access though, the security concerns are too much to list in a post, but I'm sure you don't want someone stealing your information or using your company network to host warez/mp3.
