To be able to dial in to a host computer, you should set up the host computer to accept incoming calls (see instruction below for each OS) and create a dial-up connection on your visiting computer (see instruction below for each OS).
Both computers should be equipped with modems. If you set up everything properly then you can leave the host computer waiting for a call on a modem and connect to it from anywhere you can find a phone jack.
After dialing, select Connect to Dial Up Server from the Connection menu on the Remote PC Client.
Accepting incoming calls on
Creating a dial-up connection on
Important: read Additional notes about dial-up networking below.
Additional notes about dial-up networking
If you are dialing into:
- Windows NT/2000 computer, you must enter a non-empty User Name and
Password. The User Name must match an existing user account with a
valid password. The account must have a dial in permission.
For systems authenticated via Windows NT/2000 Domain Server the user must have
an account with a dial in permission at the Domain Server.
- Windows XP computer, you must enter a non-empty User Name and Password
unless the "Allow remote access to local user accounts without
passwords" under the Dial-Up Options/View panel is checked, in
which case you will not need a Password. Your User Name must be a user account
(with Dial in Permission) on the Windows XP computer you are dialing into. By
default, Windows XP accounts do not have passwords and remote access for these
accounts is disabled. You must therefore either set a Password for the accounts
you wish to use remotely or check the above-mentioned setting.
If the Windows XP
computer you are dialing in is on a network and if a Windows NT/2000/XP Domain server
authenticates user accounts on that network, then your
User Name must have a user account with matching Password (with Dial in
Permission) on that Windows NT/2000/XP Domain server.
- Windows 95/98/Me computer, you must have a User Name. What name
you put in does not matter, any name works. Whether you have to specify a
password or not is dependent on the following conditions:
(a) If the Windows 95/98/Me computer has no Dial-Up Networking Password then DO NOT put in a password in your phone book.
(b) If the Windows 95/98/Me has a Dial-Up Networking Password then put that password in your phone book.
If the Windows 95/98/Me
computer you are dialing in is on a network and if a Windows NT/2000/XP Domain server
authenticates user accounts on that network, then your
User Name must have a user account with matching Password (with Dial in
Permission) on that Windows NT/2000/XP Domain server.
Also you must make sure that the user who logged into the
Windows 95/98/Me computer you are dialing, has Read/Write or Full access
privileges to any folders on the File Server you want to access.
NOTE: to be able to connect 2000/XP client to 95/98 dial-up server and you MUST
do these additional steps on a 2000/XP system:
- Right-click My Network Places, and then click Properties.
- Right-click the connection you just created and then click Properties.
- Click on the Security tab.
- Select Advanced (custom settings) and click Settings.
- Check Allow older MS-CHAP version for Windows 95 servers.
- Select OK to save settings.
- Click OK again to close the dialog.
Domain: Put in a Domain name if you are dialing into a Windows
NT/2000/XP network and there will be more than one Windows NT/2000/XP Domain on
the network. You would specify the Domain on which your User Name & Password
would be authenticated. (Note: If you have a Domain you log into on your
network and you dial into another Network that is authenticated by a Domain
Server, you have two Domains and therefore have to specify the Domain on the
other side you want to log into, in your phone book entry.)
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