Conecting remotly BT2700HGV?

[Rik]

I think you'd need to then go down to Static routes, and allocate it there, plus on the computer. It might be easier, therefore, to leave DHCP range alone, and simply manually allocate a setting on the PC you want to use, which is well above the dynamic pool being used.

[mushroomgodmat]

well, I could set it up in the windows side, but then if I turn off the computer wouldnt that info be lost to the router?

could I simply turn off DHCP...and what would happen if I did?

[Rik]

Yes, you could, then allocate all addresses manually, I think that would work OK. (You realise this is a case of the blind leading the short-sighted. )

[Steve]

I far as I recall not having used the 2700 HGV for a few months now you can get it to assign the same ip address to a particular device everytime it connects.If you go via the static route assign the static address in windows network adaptor settings and choose one outside the DHCP range of the router.

If you are trying to connect to a computer/network on the internet and the ip is not static via their isp. I believe joining a dynamic DNS service gets round this issue as this service keeps track of the ever changing IP address. I have never used this service but the majority of routers I have come across allow you set this service up. Googling around I am not not sure whether you can do this with the 2700HGV but apparently dynDNS have some client software which gets around this issue.

I have not found the remote management port of 2wire yet.

[Simon]

Intriguing topic, Mushroom, which I can't help with, but will be following with interest. 

[mushroomgodmat]

Iv made a brakethough.....of sorts.


Iv been testing it on my PC at home - i have 2 so its easy to shut one down while testing with the other.

Now, the pc at home is a differnet make/MB so it might not work the same when I get to work!


But.........

I figured out that when I powered down my pc it was devoid of power, totaly.. ie... there was no power getting to the network card. So I did some searching and in this case (Asus MB) it turns out that the network card is off totaly unless its in sleep mode (btw...you have to turn this all on via the Device Manager). So....I put the pc to sleep and noticed that the light on the network card was still active. From my other pc I sent the comand (via the net) and bobs your uncle the pc booted into action!

So, Im not 100% sure what the situation is with the work pc (il find out on Monday) but Im now thinking that when I turned it off on Friday that for whatevr reson it also turned off the network card, and because if this its imposible for me to turn it back on!

[Steve]

Standby,Sleep,Hybrid Sleep and Hibernation are all low power states occurring either automatically or when prompted.Allowing a PC to enter a low power mode automatically is sometimes troublesome, there are various Turn off software freely available I use one called TOff, As far as I am aware WOL and magic packet wake are slightly different, with WOL any directed network activity will wake the machine whereas with magic packet this is triggered by a specific event/program. I use these features on my local network so the Windows Home Server can wake and backup my household PCs at night and then allow them to sleep again.
Interestingly the WHS allows remote access via its own webserver and using an addin one can remote access its client PCs presumably some similarity to a  VPN of which I have no experience.

[Sebby]

Ah, so shutting down is no good. I guess that makes sense.

[Steve]

The issue I have with windows is trying to get it to sleep again after remote activity,the automatic sleep after a set period of inactivity fails.I presume some process is keeping them awake and I cant find which one,hence the need for TOff a piece of software that does seem to work.

With regard to DynDNS, I think its a free service (not fully checked as I have no account),not much use to idnet users unless you want to associate your static IP address with a hostname for ease of remembering.
More info here Dyndns

[Rik]

Glad you came along, Steve. 

[mushroomgodmat]

Ah, so shutting down is no good. I guess that makes sense.

I read you can do a "soft" shutdown and this will keep the network card acive and able to boot the pc....Not totaly sure what a soft shutdown is though