compubozoworkin
OSNN Newbie
- Joined
- 3 Apr 2007
- Messages
- 5
In an earlier topic (Networking 101) I was trying to remotely control a computer within my local lan. This topic is more about getting in from outside my lan. Some of you had suggested a program like real VNC and I've been reading through the documentation.
Through various sources I've learned a little about the IP address asignment given by my router or a static assigned by me. I can use a tool like whatismyip.com to get my outside IP address. This is where my confusion begins. If I want to control my home computer from a remote location, what IP address do I use? Obviously there would be thousands of addresses with 192.168.0.xxx. So I assume that the outside address I obtained above would be used. And I guess this would be the address to get to my router? So would a program like real vnc make changes to my router to forward to another IP address on my lan? I dunno
Through various sources I've learned a little about the IP address asignment given by my router or a static assigned by me. I can use a tool like whatismyip.com to get my outside IP address. This is where my confusion begins. If I want to control my home computer from a remote location, what IP address do I use? Obviously there would be thousands of addresses with 192.168.0.xxx. So I assume that the outside address I obtained above would be used. And I guess this would be the address to get to my router? So would a program like real vnc make changes to my router to forward to another IP address on my lan? I dunno