[Low-cost, low-complexity networking across dsl]

[Low-cost, low-complexity networking across dsl]

I'm not sure if this is the right group to help with this problem, so sorry
if I'm off-target.

I remotely help maintain my elderly dad's Windows 98 machine which is newly
connected to internet via DSL. The problem: now that he accesses via DSL,
ipconfig on his machine no longer returns an ip address that I can use to
access his machine via pcanywhere.

Other than getting a static ip address, is there low-cost, low-complexity
networking solution which gets him assigned an ip address on my network?

Otherwise, the best workaround I've been able to come up with is to have him
dialup via regular phone line when I want to get into his machine? Any other
ideas?

steve rosen

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"Steve Rosen" wrote:
[Low-cost, low-complexity networking across dsl]

I'm not sure if this is the right group to help with this problem, so sorry
if I'm off-target.

I remotely help maintain my elderly dad's Windows 98 machine which is newly
connected to internet via DSL. The problem: now that he accesses via DSL,
ipconfig on his machine no longer returns an ip address that I can use to
access his machine via pcanywhere.

Other than getting a static ip address, is there low-cost, low-complexity
networking solution which gets him assigned an ip address on my network?

Otherwise, the best workaround I've been able to come up with is to have him
dialup via regular phone line when I want to get into his machine? Any other
ideas?

steve rosen

You should be able to access his machine via the public IP address
that his DSL service provider assigns to it.

If it's a dynamic IP address, then it could change at any time. In
that case, the solution is to sign him up for a dynamic DNS service,
like http://www.dyndns.org , which will assign him an unchanging DNS
name that can be automatically updated whenever his IP address
changes.
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