hello , here in lebanon, cable resellers ( resellers) only have 1 real ip for them and share the connection based on fake IPs let's say isn't on my network , he is taking from another cable reseller , so he doesn't have a real ip , he has a fake ip too ( but we're not on the same network ) we both don't have real ips , is there a way to remote connect to each other? any server we can both connect to that offers remote desktop? (remote assistance in msn didn't work and isn't professional at all anyway) Is there any way to remote connect to each other? Thank you very much

You would need a device or application that provides NAT/PAT. You translate the ip and ports that are needed from the lan to the wan ip addresses. I read it wrong and answer it wrong too. So get off my case you goober.

samerking I think you misunderstand ip and routing. There is no such think as fake ip. What you describe is network address translation [NAT]. This is where you can have a private ip address range like 10.0.x.x or 172.16.x.x or the common one for soho routers 192.168.x.x, which you are calling fake ips on the other side of the router not directly connected to the internet. This part was just educational. To connect via the internet pc to pc there are a number of free and pay-for products. TightVNC GoToMyPC plus others. You can even use RDP but you need to create a VPN tunnel between the two PCs. You can web search on how to do that. There is also the issue of what you mean by connected the two pcs. You mention RDP which is why I provided the above. But you can also setup FTP on both to send files back and forth. If you both had vpn capable routers you could setup a hardware vpn connection between your networks. Lots of different ways of doing things depending on what you want to accomplish. Give a person a fish, they eat for a day. Suggest they internet search and they learn a skill for a lifetime.

I think what he's saying is his cable provider has a *public* IP that they're NAT'ing before it even gets to his house. Then all their customers have private IP addresses. In that case, it would take extraordinary technology to access his home's network. NAT devices due to their nature allow all connections out unless specifically configured to deny connections based on rules. However, there's no way for them to know what IP address to send traffic where connections originate from the outside in. This is why people with NAT devices must setup "port forwarding" which is a blanket rule that say "forward all incoming traffic to this IP address if on this port". So in this case, you're trying to initiate an RDP connection unsolicited from outside the ISP's network in, and obviously this would fail because the ISP's NAT device is surely not forwarding 3389 to your IP address. You may want to check out www.hamachi.cc which is a very interesting VPN solution. It works by machines joining peer to peer VPN networks through a "mediation server". Therefore, in this situation, your home machine would initiate a connection to the hamachi mediation server, which mediates the computer into the peer to peer VPN network you have created on their mediation server. It supports NAT-to-NAT traversal, and all traffic is encrypted strongly. Just create a good random key when you create your network and make sure you save the key to a text file to input to all computers you will be connecting together with Hamachi. "Enough, enough bowing down to disillusion! Hats off & applause to rogues & evolution! The ripple effect is too good not to mention. If you’re not affected, you’re not paying attention!"

correction : 2nd paragraph : "let's say my friend isn't on my network"

thank you very much:) hamachi worked out pretty well