A static IP is obviously preferable but most ISPs won't give you one unless you pay silly money for a business account. But if you are using a cable modem, running a LAN behind a r…

Thanks CMS! I've usually just been satisfied with hooking up the airport and logging right on, but learning all these new tricks with networking is starting to interest me more. …

There is excellent info on this topic including a detailed step by step video at this link: http://howto.diveintomark.org/remote-mac/ enjoy, Rich

The quicktime guide is brilliant if not confusingly extensive for a newbie. Would the procedure be the same if you just want to connect mac to mac rather that pc to mac? What progr…

OK, there is a somewhat simpler way, but it is less secure from hackers because it uses standard ssh port 22 and passwords. Hackers can scan for open ports and then try to guess we…

RJT thanks for putting so much effort into the response. I tried it already and it worked. I was amazed. I am on dsl and my mums on dial up I guess it must be the dial up end tha…

Quote: Originally Posted by McMark The quicktime guide is brilliant if not confusingly extensive for a newbie. Would the procedure be the same if you just want to connect mac to…

Hi Lurk this is quite a lot to take in. I will certainly be giving it a shot. Just downloaded sshelper. Will take a while to get a handle on the detail but will try it. thanks

Quote: Originally Posted by McMark Hi Lurk this is quite a lot to take in. I will certainly be giving it a shot. Just downloaded sshelper. Will take a while to get a handle on …

Hi McMark, Glad you were successful in using VNC over SSH to control your Moms computer. Since your Mom is on a dial-up connection which is only active intermittantly (when your M…

To add one more thing to what rjt1000 wrote, VNC viewers also allow you to set a connection profile. If you use fewer colors the screen refresh over the VNC connection will also be…

Nevermind it's working now... maybe the port was just to busy? Whatever it's working now.

You can connect to his Mac if he's not behind a router and he turns file sharing on. Otherwise, iChat is one way you could do it, I think. E-mail is definitely not going to work s…

What speed DSL do you/your brother have? It is possible to directly connect two computers together, but I imagine it would take in the order of days to send such a large file. Mind…

Trying to email a 6GB file is funny.

maybe make a torrent?

This isn't a question about OS X. tooki

If the Westell modem has an ethernet port to connect the Linksys router to, then they are definitely compatible. Further, there are tens of thousands of people using this particul…

Hi Glenn, thanks for the input! Here are some images of my current (direct modem -> computer) connection that DOES work: Network settings: From the Westell configuration add…

Oooo-kay. I don't know why, but I hooked up the router to try again, and without changing a thing, it seems to work fine now. Makes no sense to me, but I'm not gonna argue. Thanks …

Here's part of what's happening. The modem IS acting like a router and assigning local addresses - to ANYTHING connected directly to it. Your Linksys router has apparently figure…

Quote: Originally Posted by ghporter If it does, come here again, and we'll walk you through the specific settings needed to tell it what to do. They're easy and very simple to…

P2P software (Gnutella, FastTrack, etc. networks): Acquisition, Xfactor, Poisoned, umm... there are other fine alternatives too. Search MacUpdate for "p2p" or perhaps a specific ne…

acquisiition works great for me! Limewire : destroyed my old dell (eww), and a friend swears his powerbook started falling apart since he started using limewire aswell

You MUST have something to connect to the downstairs machine. You can do it wirelessly, or wired, or a combination of both. I think the Express will support you. Read the manual…