Hello, can I access my home desktop from my office via mstsc.exe through Internet or do I need any external tools. The comp I want to sign in is a 192.168.1.7 inside a wired home lan. Thank you for your advices! Asus P5W DHDeluxe RAID 0 Intel Core 2 Duo E6700 2GB DDR2 Twin2X 800MHz nVidia GeForce 7900 GTX GigaByte 3D Aurora case

Yes you can use Remote Desktop to connect. You would require a firewall capable of port forwarding. You would configure the port forward for the RDC (I forget offhand what the port number is for it, but a quick google of "remote desktop port number" will get you the info) to the internal (private) IP of the PC you want to connect to. Once that's done, you would put in your external (public) IP of your home and connect to that. The firewall (if you're using a SOHO router) will then forward the port to the appropriate PC.

Thanks a lot Curt! (RDC default port number is 3389) Asus P5W DHDeluxe RAID 0 Intel Core 2 Duo E6700 2GB DDR2 Twin2X 800MHz nVidia GeForce 7900 GTX GigaByte 3D Aurora case

You're welcome! Thanks for writing back. Ummm....at the risk of being rude....I noticed the following just now: Asus P5W DHDeluxe RAID 0 See my reply to the following post to see why that caught my attention: http://www.computing.net/networking/wwwboard/forum/32790.html

See also dynamic dns providers. A few or free and some soho routers actually are setup to allow you the ability to report changes to IP. I say that because few have static IP addresses. I read it wrong and answer it wrong too. So get off my case you peanut.

LOL, Curt you post a link to a post he made! But, yes running 4 drives in a RAID0 setup is a very poor choice without a sound reason and a very comprehensive backup plan. And it's moronic if your OS is on that array. Michael J

LOL - I hadn't noticed that! *G*