On Aug 12, 2009, at 5:55 PM, Randy wrote:
> > Hi All, > > After getting my new iMac in ln March, I've pondered just how to get > the "back to my mac" to function. It can't work as setup now due to > double Nat. As a somewhat Novice to intermediate user, I recall those > terms from 2000 when we first got DSL and setup a home network. I > understand DCHP automatically finds and assigns ip addresses as > needed, but am also familiar with setting them up manually. For this to work, you need to do several things: Know your home outward facing IP address, the one your provider assigns your DSL connection. Two ways to do that< look at your airport's setup page to see what the external IP address is and write it down (most home ISP's provide very long dhcp lease times, and often give you the same IP address when the lease expires) or use a dynamic DNS service like dyndns.com to get a free dyndns.com IP address which is kept linked to your home address. You'll have to assign the Mac a static IP address within the Airport's address pool; you can do that in Networks control panel, and then configure NAT on the Airport to pass the BAck to My Mac requests to that Address. This is explained pretty well here <http://db.tidbits.com/article/9322> -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to Low End Mac's iMac List, a group for those using G3, G4, G5, and Intel Core iMacs as well as Apple eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
