IP CONFIG help

[nymph4]

I have one Q/A about the ip config?

If I am say at my work computer and I am online and I go into my  ip config  will it tell me the IP Adress of that computer so I coul find it when I go to my home computer?

[patio]

It will give you that information, yes...whether or not you will be allowed access to that machine is a different story altogether.

[nymph4]

I am sorry this is what I ment to say?

If I want to find what my IP Adress is for my work computer I have to be at my work computer and go into my  ip config.

But  when I am at my work computer befor I go into my ip config  do I have tobe online.

This is how I should have asked my Q/A sorry

[patio]

At work on your machine from a command prompt type in ipconfig /all and hit Enter...

[nymph4]

Ok I see 2 diferant things when I use the command ipconfig   or   ipconfig/all

The command ipconfig/all  gives me a lot more information  and one thing it says is PHYSICAL ADRESS and then a string of numbers.

Then ontop of this it has IP Adress and a string of numbers.

What set of numbers would I use to setup my Windows Remote Desktop the PHYSICAL ADRESS or the  one that says IP ADRESS??
Thanks

[brett74]

you would want the ip address.  The physical address is just id number of your network card or router. So don't use the physical address

[nymph4]

I never asked this Q/A but to run Remote Desktop the computer at home is running win xp pro  but my computer at work that I will be connectting to is running win ME.

As long as my computer at home is running win xp pro I know I can use it as the remote computer.

But will I be able to connect to my work computer that is running win ME or do both computers have to run win XP PRO???
thanks

[patio]

Have you checked with the IT people at work who have setup that network to see if you have access and how to go about it ? ?

[hmar]

Um, your local ip address on the work machine is not going to get you in from home. It is most likely a non routable ip address behind a firewall, meaning it can't be seen from the internet.  Also, I don't believe remote desktop wotks with Win ME (I could be wrong). I would definitely talk to your IT people, both for instruction, and permission.

[patio]

Remote Desktop goes all the way back to Win98...

Source

[nymph4]

I own my own company and it is small.
My computer at work is the only one there and I am about to put win xp pro on it.

And my home computer and work computer use DSL.
And the only Firewall I have one both is Windows Firewall.

Now if I turn off win firewall and use the IP Adress I get from my ipconfig  window why would I not be able to connect to my work computer and use Remote Desktop?

Thanks
PS .....
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