[FX.php List] [OFF] Method to access our server from outside

[Troy Meyers]

Ernest and Michael,

Thanks for the suggestions. In my case, the business is at my home (though on the ground floor), so my home computer shares the same network. Normally this is an advantage, but not this time.

The screensharing VPN idea seems good. If I did get a friend to volunteer an offsite computer, I'd probably just ask them to set it up with screensharing enabled so that I can access at will using a password, which I've done (and do myself for machines here, when I'm offsite), but that bothers me a little, because then if anything ever goes wrong with their machine, the question comes up if I was responsible. Also, I can't think of any of them that actually have a static IP address, so I usually have to ask what it is before a session where I help them to do something, or whatever.

Of course the iChat idea solves the changing IP address problem.

Maybe I should find a cast-off Mac (mini would be nice because it's small) capable of Tiger and plunk it and a hardware router somewhere at a friend's house.

But still, best because it would be ready now, would be the hypothetical server I was hoping for.

-Troy

 

Michael Ward wrote:

> If you have a friend with a mac you could use iChat's screen sharing  
> ability.  You can set it up to auto answer without them being there  
> with a terminal command (I don't know what it is off hand) or by  
> installing Chax.  <http://www.ksuther.com/chax/>
> 
> I used Chax as it offers a number of other features.
> 
> The only issue with this is that the friend would have to have iChat  
> on all the time, or at the time you wanted to test.
> 
> Regards
> 
> Michael Ward


Ernest Cunningham wrote:

> Hmm,
> How I hav attacked this in the past is I setup VPN access at home so I  
> could VPN from work and remove any local domain exculsions.
> 
> Then you simple connect to your vpn, open your browser and type in  
> your website.
> 
> Very simple, very effective.
> 
> 
> Kind regards,
> 
> Ernest Cunningham