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Mac Forum / Applications / Other MS Products / July 2008looking for a startup guide
I've searched for startup guides, but I can't seem to find one simple enough for me to follow. Could someone help me to find a good guide? My situation: 1 Macbook 1 Airport Express 1 XP Pro When I do a what is my IP search I get the same one always: AAA.BBB.CCC.DDD I can connect to my PC when on the local network, but I can't when I'm away from home. I know (think?) i need to configure my express to do port forwarding but after that i'm not clear on what to enter in the fields: Public UDP Public TCP Private IP address (I connect to 10.0.1.EEE when i RDC locally) Private UDP Private UDP What (if any) additional firewall exceptions need to be on the PC? Recommendations for security? Thank you all! > I can connect to my PC when on the local network, but I can't when I'm > away from home. I know (think?) i need to configure my express to do > port forwarding but after that i'm not clear on what to enter in the > fields: Absolutely correct. You need to port forward all incoming traffic on TCP 3389 to your Windows computer. > What (if any) additional firewall exceptions need to be on the PC? > > Recommendations for security? > > Thank you all! By using Network Address Translation (NAT) to connect your home network to the Internet (you're already doing this) you've essentially put up a firewall. Nothing can get in. By opening port 3389 you'll be "punching a hole" in your firewall. So long as you selectively decide which holes to punch and ensure you've enabled security on your inside computers (password protection) then you should be reasonably safe. I don't know if the Express has the option to not respond to "pings" but if it does then I suggest you enable that as well. Only you need to know your IP address is active. Others might use pings to find a responsive address and then begin port scanning (finding port 3389) and attempt to hack. This is where a good (read that "looooong") password is ideal. Hope this helps!  Signaturebill Entourage Help Page <http://entourage.mvps.org/> Entourage Help Blog <http://blog.entourage.mvps.org/> YouTalk <http://nine.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/youtalk> Twitter: follow <http://twitter.com/meck> |
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