Help accessing home computer from abroad

crazysniper

crazysniper

crazysniper

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Hi everyone,

I am really not that good with networks and am hoping someone can kindly help me with what i am trying to accomplish

I want to access my home computer from abroad, as if I was sitting in front of it. Can someone kindly give suggestions on how to best do this securely and without paying for a software such as PC Anywhere etc?

My set up is below.

-Dynamic IP Internet

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Many thanks in Advance
 
If you're taking a smartphone/computer with you, my preference is for Teamviewer, it's free for personal use and you can set it up to run as a service.

Alternately there's LogMeIn, same deal in that it can be ran as a service, but it has a nifty web based viewer, so you can use it from net cafes.

Those are both free and work well without any router port forwarding required or dns setup/remembering ip addresses. If those aren't a problem VNC is what you want.
 
Thanks for the quick reply Zarf.

You said they both work without any port forwarding etc? This is wicked if that is the case. I will try this later on and see if it works.

Thanks again.

Zarf said:
If you're taking a smartphone/computer with you, my preference is for Teamviewer, it's free for personal use and you can set it up to run as a service.

Alternately there's LogMeIn, same deal in that it can be ran as a service, but it has a nifty web based viewer, so you can use it from net cafes.

Those are both free and work well without any router port forwarding required or dns setup/remembering ip addresses. If those aren't a problem VNC is what you want.
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I'd also recommend Teamviewer, setup for it is easy and it operates via passcodes that are randomly generated making your computer relatively safe. Although you may need to set a static pass if no one is at home to send you the pass.

Additionally, port fording shouldn't be needed but it might be if the ports it uses are closed.
 
Thanks Ciaron454 for the additional info.

But it just fascinate me how can this program find its way to your computer without any port forwarding etc..

I will definitely try this later on.

Does anyone knows how long the trial period for this program is?

Thanks again.

ciaron454 said:
I'd also recommend Teamviewer, setup for it is easy and it operates via passcodes that are randomly generated making your computer relatively safe. Although you may need to set a static pass if no one is at home to send you the pass.

Additionally, port fording shouldn't be needed but it might be if the ports it uses are closed.
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Teamviewer is free for non-commerial use. When installing it just click non-commercial and you have the full version for free.
 
What Danny091 said. Although there is a business version of the program but I don't think that even costs money.

It's very simple and safe, I've used it on many occasions to help out friends in need.
 
It does it without port forwarding because it initiates the connection. It goes out through the firewall on port xxxx , then allows things back in on the same port.

You can only connect to it if you know the ID and the password.
 
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