In your case VPN is for you. This step by step how to may help.
Vista How toHow to: Disconnect Vista VPN connection .... To configure the
DNS suffix for the Vista VPN, please follow these steps: 1. Click
Start>Control Panel>Network ...
www.howtonetworking.com/vista/vista.htm
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"DCLYNDS" <dclynds@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> Also Robert, the link you supplied regarding VPN connections did not
> address the Vista OS at all. If I am to create a direct link between these
> two computers and I have to create a VPN, what are the steps involved? I
> opened the Network and Sharing Center and selected "Set up a connection or
> network" and then selected "Connect to a workplace" (because that
> connection allows you to setup a VPN connection), but I got stumped soon
> thereafter when it asked for Internet address: and Destination name:.
> Advice anyone? Robert? You seemed to know about this sort of thing.
> Thanks.
>
> "DCLYNDS" <dclynds@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:67CEFE44-2746-45D3-A02E-B7D7CF7A6622@microsoft.com...
>> Thanks Robert. Supose my dad and I wanted to use our computers
>> simultaneously and have one shared folder that we could both access at
>> the same time and make changes to at the same time. I don't think Remote
>> Desktop allows us to both be using our respective computers at the same
>> time. Am I correct in my assumption?
>>
>> Therefore, with RDC out of the question, the only other way within Vista
>> to share files between two or more remote computers is to create a VPN?
>> Is that the only other way without using software that isn't native to
>> the Vista OS?
>>
>> Thanks again.
>>
>> "Robert L. (MS-MVP)" <noreply@chicagotech.net> wrote in message
>> news
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>>> You may have many options. Without buying any software, you can using
>>> Microsoft VPN and RDC.
>>>
>>> remote desktopTo use Remote Desktop, you need a WinXP Pro as the host
>>> and a remote computer running Win9x or a more recent version of Windows
>>> as the client that must have ...
>>> www.howtonetworking.com/rdesktop.htm
>>>
>>> How to setup VPNIf your VPN client cannot find servers or cannot
>>> ping computernmae, you may need to add DNS and WINS into your VPN
>>> server. For example, to add DNS and WINS ...
>>> www.howtonetworking.com/Windows/vpnsetup.htm
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Bob Lin, MS-MVP, MCSE & CNE
>>> Networking, Internet, Routing, VPN Troubleshooting on
>>> http://www.ChicagoTech.net
>>> How to Setup Windows, Network, VPN & Remote Access on
>>> http://www.HowToNetworking.com
>>>
>>>
>>> "DCLYNDS" <DCLYNDS@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>>> news:815FB48A-DEFE-4651-81C3-E1E4BA10632D@microsoft.com...
>>>> How would I configure a Vista Ultimate and a Vista Home Premium to
>>>> share
>>>> files if they were not on the same network. My dad's laptop is located
>>>> in
>>>> California and my PC is in Illinois. I would like to avoid using any
>>>> additional software other than what comes installed with the OS.
>>>> Furthermore,
>>>> my PC is connected through a Linksys router to the Internet and my
>>>> dad's
>>>> laptop is connected directly to the Internet through a Verizon Air
>>>> Card.
>>>> Thank you in advance.
>>>
>>
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