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Forums › LAN (ethernet/Wifi/routers/Bluetooth) › Remote access to files stored on home network


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Topic # 68584 25-Sep-2010 11:48
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I have a Media Center at home with music, photos, and video I would like to be able to access over the Internet when I am away from home.  But I have no idea how to set this up!

My home network setup is currently reasonably straightforward:
Internet ---- ADSL Router (D-Link DSL-502T) ---- Wireless Router (Netgear WGR614) ---- Media Centre

What options do I have for making this work? How do I provide access to myself, but still keep it reasonably secure? How do I wake up my Media Centre from S3 sleep when I want to access files from the Internet?

Hopefully someone can help... I'm sure it is possible.

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  Reply # 384271 25-Sep-2010 12:02
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Using 'logmein' is probably the easiest way to do it.



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  Reply # 384273 25-Sep-2010 12:10
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That appears to be more of a remote computer control option...

I would essentially like to be able to map a network drive from my laptop to my home server that I can access from anywhere in the world...

 
 
 
 


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  Reply # 384277 25-Sep-2010 12:12
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Get Logmein Hamachi and create a private network. It will be transparent. And it's free.





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  Reply # 384288 25-Sep-2010 12:31
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freitasm: Get Logmein Hamachi and create a private network. It will be transparent. And it's free.



Will this solution wake-up my home server when required, or will I need to leave the home server running continuously?

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  Reply # 384290 25-Sep-2010 12:31
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You must leave it running. Don't need to be logged in, but powered up.




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  Reply # 384293 25-Sep-2010 12:35
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Hmmm... I would prefer not to do that if possible.

Any solution you know of that would directly work with a 'Wake On LAN'?  or some alternate way of triggering the home server to turn on before I try to access it with LogMeIn?

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