How to Setup Remote Access Linksys Router

When accessing remotely to your Desktop over the Internet, it’s best to have a domain name for your Router. The router comes with 30 days of the TZO Dynamic DNS service FREE. This service not only gives you a domain name, but also tracks your IP address and if it changes, TZO keeps it updated with your domain name. This article will show you how to sign up with your free trial of the TZO Dynamic DNS service and configure your Linksys Router to gain remote access.

Check if the PC you wish to Control has Remote Desktop installed and enabled. You first need to Setup/Enable the host computer so it can accept remote desktop connections and make sure your client has the remote desktop client application. For more details on setting up Remote Desktop, and using the Remote Desktop client application. Now that you have the “host” (the computer you want to control remotely) computer setup with Remote Desktop, you should then set a STATIC LAN IP address on that system. This ensures that when the host system is restarted, or rebooted, it will always comes up to the same LAN IP address on your router.

Set a Static LAN IP address on the Remote Desktop Host system. For stability and reliability reasons, on your private LAN you will assign your server a static LAN IP. This is not to be confused with ’static vs. dynamic’ Internet IP addresses. This is a local change made to improve your private network. Assuming your Linksys router is configured at the address 192.168.1.1, you will want to assign your server PC some fixed address. Configure your server with a static LAN IP address 192.168.1.200, which is the address used in our examples. This benefit of a static LAN IP is to avoid network-level problems that could happen if you change anything on your network, or lose power, etc.

Test the Remote Desktop Connection within your LAN. The test will ensure the Remote Desktop host is actually running, and accepting connections from another PC on your same network. On your test PC, go to Start, Programs, Accessories, Communications , and select Remote Desktop Connection (see screenshot below). Next to the field labeled Computer, type in the TZO DOMAIN NAME that you set in the router in step 2, in this case we used Name.LinksysNet.com – hit connect. You should then be connected with the host system. Use your login just as you would on the host to login.

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