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I'm having a bit of trouble understanding which networking solution to use for my problem:
I have a home network which includes several computers behind a router either directly through the router or through switches.
The router I am using has DynDNS set up on it, I can VPN to my desktop via Hamachi, I can RDP via Windows 7 RDP, and I can do other sorts of fancy tricks.
The one last thing I would like to do is browse to a networked device behind the router from my laptop over the internet. What can I use to accomplish this?
I've tried port forwarding port 80 and port 21 to the IP of this device but I am still not able to access it over the internet or FTP to it.
Network Diagram:
/ ̅̅̅̅̅ ̅̅̅̅ ̅ My Desktop ⎯⎯Switch ⟨ | \ ___ Device in Question Internet --- Modem --- Router ---| | ⎯⎯Other Computers, Devices, etc.
Hi Joel, thanks for your response. I know that my ISP doesn't block HTTP and FTP. I know this because I had hosted a test website with a small server I had a few weeks ago and it worked swimmingly. I also am able to ftp into a shared drive connected to my router so I can't imagine that's an issue. The reason I cannot use RDP is because I have licensed software on my laptop which I cannot transfer to my desktop. If only life were so simple =) – Kashif – 2012-02-11T23:53:18.753