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<blockquote data-quote="craiye" data-source="post: 724613" data-attributes="member: 67275"><p>Hey everyone,</p><p></p><p>I have a major headache trying to figure out the best way to do this, I'm hoping that someone here can help me out. Basically, here's what's going on:</p><p></p><p>I have 3 computers on a home network. One is a PC running XP Home, the other two are Macs (one iBook running 10.4, one Macbook running 10.5). </p><p></p><p>I recently bought a 1TB external Maxtor hard drive that I'd like to use to store all the music/pictures/movies etc on. This hard drive is connected to the old PC, as is the router/dsl modem combo that runs our internet.</p><p></p><p>I also bought an Apple TV a few months ago. Right now everything works great within the network - I can map the external hard drive and access anything I need while I'm on our wireless network.</p><p></p><p>Now, ideally I'd like to access these same files when I'm on another WiFi network but I'm a little stumped. People have told me to set up a VPN, but it seems pretty near impossible since the VPN server would be the Windows machine, which has a dynamic IP address. I've tried a few things to get around this - using DYNDNS and an auto updater but whenever I try to connect when I'm away from home I get a "server failed to respond" message.</p><p></p><p>Is there another (easier) way for me to do this? All I really want to do is have the 1TB drive accessible whether I'm at home or not.</p><p></p><p>Any ideas? Is this a pipe dream?</p><p></p><p>Thanks!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="craiye, post: 724613, member: 67275"] Hey everyone, I have a major headache trying to figure out the best way to do this, I'm hoping that someone here can help me out. Basically, here's what's going on: I have 3 computers on a home network. One is a PC running XP Home, the other two are Macs (one iBook running 10.4, one Macbook running 10.5). I recently bought a 1TB external Maxtor hard drive that I'd like to use to store all the music/pictures/movies etc on. This hard drive is connected to the old PC, as is the router/dsl modem combo that runs our internet. I also bought an Apple TV a few months ago. Right now everything works great within the network - I can map the external hard drive and access anything I need while I'm on our wireless network. Now, ideally I'd like to access these same files when I'm on another WiFi network but I'm a little stumped. People have told me to set up a VPN, but it seems pretty near impossible since the VPN server would be the Windows machine, which has a dynamic IP address. I've tried a few things to get around this - using DYNDNS and an auto updater but whenever I try to connect when I'm away from home I get a "server failed to respond" message. Is there another (easier) way for me to do this? All I really want to do is have the 1TB drive accessible whether I'm at home or not. Any ideas? Is this a pipe dream? Thanks! [/QUOTE]
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