Mac Forum / Applications / Other MS Products / June 2006

Dear RDC Discussion group,

I have a question for those who use RDC over a home LAN to run a PC
from a Mac, especially those who have a Mac and PC plugged into an
Ethernet router connected to a modem without a fixed IP address.

I have an iMac G5 running OS 10.3 and such a modem.  I would like to
get a Windows XP Pro PC (without a monitor) and an Ethernet router to
connect it and the Mac to the modem.  It is hard to tell from the RDC
documentation how to set this up.  If you have been successful, please
tell me what you did.

Can I use the PC's NetBIOS name in the Mac RDC client, and if so, how
do I find out what this name is?  (I am very unfamiliar with PCs and
networking.)  Does anything special need to be done with the router and
its software?  Are some routers more Mac- and RDC- friendly than
others?

I very much appreciate any advice you have to make up for the lack of
documentation on how to do this.

Sincerely,

Clara