At 08:08 PM 5/2/2006, Jeffrey Safire jsafire-at-microdisk.com
|remote.desktop| wrote:
I am trying to access a Mac via the internet, which is connected to a
wireless router, connected to a cablemodem with dynamic IP address.
As long as I know the current IP, I should be able to connect, correct?
You're halfway there. The wireless router will have to be configured
to forward traffic on ports 3283 (UDP) and 5900 (TCP) to the
mac. How to do this is dependent on what kind of wireless
router. Many routers have a web interface, and you set up the port
forwarding by clicking the "Forwarding" tab (sometimes under
"Advanced" settings).
You (or the remote user) will need the IP address given to them by
the wireless router (usually but not always 192.168.1.100) -- use
that as the "Forward to" address. Excuse me, but I can't remember
the GUI way to get the IP address and I'm not on a Mac right now..
but you can get the IP using Terminal by typing the following command:
ifconfig -a | grep inet | grep broadcast
You should get something like:
inet 192.168.1.100 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.1.255
The IP is right after the word "inet"
The wireless router port forwarding setup might look something like this:
service name PORT Protocol Destination
ARD 3283 UDP 192.168.1.100
ARD 3900 TCP 192.168.1.100
If that's not clear, check the manual for the wireless router. If
that doesn't help, try Google :)
