I'm accessing the Internet via a public wireless system with most or all ports blocked except port 80, and perhaps port 443. Mainly I want to do some ftp to my website, or perhaps a remote admin session on my home computer. How can I tunnel traffic through port 80? [more inside]
posted by diode on May 1, 2009 - 8 answers

I have remote access to my work computer from any other computer via Citrix. Would I be able to access my work computer in the same manner from a T-Mobile G1 phone (or from any other similar cell phone)? [more inside]
posted by amro on Jan 26, 2009 - 3 answers

Are there any free or low cost options for having a Remote Desktop tool for Windows Vista Home Premium? [more inside]
posted by randomthoughts on Aug 21, 2008 - 13 answers

I have a three person Mac OS X office where we need to have remote access to about 4GB of files. I have looked around extensively for a solution and so far have not found an acceptable one. We have tried to use Back to my Mac and Apple Remote Desktop but the other two users are not that technically adept and it seem too complicated for them. Out problem is further complicated by the fact that we sometimes access the same files, so we can have version problems as well. Back to my Mac has never worked period. Could I use Amazon S3 storage? And manage with Subversion or Git? Are there reasonable clients for Subversion and Git. Drobo with network card seem over the top and too costly. Having the files on the cloud would be a perfect solution, however a local solution that could be accessed from anywhere will work as well. To further complicate we are thinking of having one person access via PC.
posted by thinktwice on Aug 19, 2008 - 7 answers

Remote Desktop Connection across domains/workgroups. How can this work? [more inside]
posted by apark on Nov 26, 2007 - 6 answers

Point me towards some online games that allow players to link up and play a game together by remote access. Bonus points for things not too mentally taxing, for times when one wants to just veg. [more inside]
posted by AthenaPolias on Apr 13, 2007 - 7 answers

MacFilter - How do I remotely work with Macintosh PC's? [more inside]
posted by SirStan on Sep 14, 2006 - 8 answers

I will be leaving an XP laptop at my friend's house to seed some torrents with Azureus on a fast (10mbps up/down) connection. How do I get access to the laptop from my home computer (so that I might add/delete torrents or tweak settings)? Having remote access to his router might be nice too so that I can open ports if something comes up... [more inside]
posted by |n$eCur3 on Aug 31, 2006 - 17 answers

How can I remotely access my clients' PCs for tech support and troubleshooting? [more inside]
posted by cebailey on Aug 31, 2006 - 13 answers

How do I turn off my home email client when I am away from the (macintosh) computer? [more inside]
posted by Gungho on May 24, 2006 - 16 answers

Many libraries offer access to resources that charge hefty fees (e.g., Nexis, Dialog, Oxford U. Press titles). [more inside]
posted by KRS on Oct 25, 2005 - 13 answers

i have some of my remote users in the office connect to our fileserver using webdav as a means to quickly (though admittadly not-securely) access and change documents, etc. it seems though, that since using windows xp SP2 it's been dirt slow. my user will click on a directory, and it will take no less than 10 seconds for the directory to be highlighted. that's not even attempting to open the directory - that'll take another two minutes or so. i'm trying to figure out what's exactly going on here. ideally i'll be switching to VPN soon, but in the meantime, i need to get this working properly again.

thanks!
posted by quadrinary on Sep 28, 2004 - 2 answers