Does Remote Desktop Connection Client allow

How do I do what Steve is really asking? That is, how do I connect from my mac (outside of home) to my pc (at home, turned on, and connected to the internet)?

I can make this work when the two computers are on the same network (both at home) but not when they are separated.

Any help here is appreciated.

Craig

Well, Steve was asking if it was possible the other way around
(from home to office), so I answered:

> in principle: yes, you can connect from your Mac to your
> work PC.
> BUT: most companies do not allow incoming traffic of this kind
> through their firewall, for security reasons.

In your case, yes, in principle you can connect from any mac or pc
to your home pc. And because that would be a huge security risk
(*any* computer would be able to connect to your home network), the
default settings of most internet routers disable this traffic.
So you will have to configure your internet router to accept
incoming traffic on port 3389 and forward it to your home pc.

Note that you must set a secure password on all user accounts on
your pc, because when you open port 3389, all computers will be
able to try to connect.

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"Craig Titus" <> wrote on 08 sep 2008 in microsoft.public.mac.rdc:

> How do I do what Steve is really asking? That is, how do I
> connect from my mac (outside of home) to my pc (at home, turned
> on, and connected to the internet)?
>
> I can make this work when the two computers are on the same
> network (both at home) but not when they are separated.
>
> Any help here is appreciated.
>
> Craig