Remote access to files stored on home network

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#68584 25-Sep-2010 11:48

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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#384271 25-Sep-2010 12:02

Using 'logmein' is probably the easiest way to do it.

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#384273 25-Sep-2010 12:10

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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#384277 25-Sep-2010 12:12

Get Logmein Hamachi and create a private network. It will be transparent. And it's free.

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#384288 25-Sep-2010 12:31

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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#384290 25-Sep-2010 12:31

You must leave it running. Don't need to be logged in, but powered up.

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#384293 25-Sep-2010 12:35

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?