Goto My Work PC - for FREE!! - Discussion

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[agmorgan]

When I try to start a session with PuTTY I get a "Host does not exist" error.
The same effect happens when I ping either the host name (thanks to www.dyndns.com) or the IP address.

However, I have no problem getting ping results from somewhere like www.dnsstuff.com.

Does this mean that my work firewall is blocking all ping echoes?

If I can't ping my home PC from behind the work firewall then is there nothing I can do to connect remotely?

Seems like work has employed some IT people that actually know what they are doing and beefed up security!

[Al42]

If there's a reason you should be accessing your office PC remotely, there's probably a VPN on the network. You just have to get one of those "know what they're doing" types to set you up on it - on both ends, office and your home PC. Then you can do the putty thing or just use a VNC.

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When I try to start a session with PuTTY I get a "Host does not exist" error.
The same effect happens when I ping either the host name (thanks to www.dyndns.com) or the IP address.

However, I have no problem getting ping results from somewhere like www.dnsstuff.com.

Does this mean that my work firewall is blocking all ping echoes?

If I can't ping my home PC from behind the work firewall then is there nothing I can do to connect remotely?

Seems like work has employed some IT people that actually know what they are doing and beefed up security!

Do you connect to the Internet via a proxy server? If so, you'll need to configure this in Putty.

[RothHear]

when i try t conect with putty it ask for username it lets me put it in but it will not let my put a password it no letters show up when i press ay key

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That's the way its meant to be. Just imagain the letters show up, tpye the password as normal and press enter.

[dee-u]

As I am figuring out to make my DVR accessible over the internet I would like to use your 'Goto my pc' configuration in order to 'remotely' change settings on my computer/router from a different network, as you know it already I am having trouble setting up my DVR, my question is, is it possible that I can successfully set-up your configuration even if I am having a problem setting up my DVR? I am wondering if they have similarities in setting up like there is also a need for port forwarding err... DNAT?

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I think you mentioned that your DVR requires UDP. If that is the case then it won't be possible because SSH tunnelling is TCP only. You can however use a VPN; have a look at OpenVPN which is a free SSL based VPN for Windows and Linux.

[dee-u]

I think you mentioned that your DVR requires UDP. If that is the case then it won't be possible because SSH tunnelling is TCP only. You can however use a VPN; have a look at OpenVPN which is a free SSL based VPN for Windows and Linux.

No, its TCP as stated in the documentation. :-)

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Then it is possible, but it will be a lot slower than normal through SSH. Whats the update on your port forwarding issue?

[dee-u]

I have yet to test it on a different network outside my LAN so there is no progress for now. What I really want is to be able to control my computer remotely so that I can change the router's setting remotely, your set-up seems feasible so I would like to try it. I also came this TightVNC thingy, I am looking into it if I need to set some porf forwarding also to make it work. I have looked into Remote Desktop but it needs port forwarding so I am shying away from it since it may not work just like with the DVR.