There have been times when it would have been usefull to connect to my PC from my mates house for file transfer etc.

what i wanna know is how do i access my files from my m8s house a few miles away via internet? (i can experiment with two phone lines in my house for now tho)

I was also under the impression that i would be able to goto friends house and dial up to my pc to get internet access (and my files) rather than using his usual dial-up ISP...

I have tried making my PC into a dial up server (as i have cable modem), but this didn't work...it would connect OK but wouldn't access network (browse files) or internet.

I have my drives shared as i am on a network at home.

if you don't know much about above methods then is there another way just for file access, ie. in my mates pc address bar type sumthing simular to this: ftp/:myIPaddress

To put into simple words, i would like my m8s PC on my network (only now and then) via TCP/IP or DialUp server etc.

I am totaly new to this dialup server stuff and wish to learn more, so if any1 got any good links for me to read about the above, or if its easy enuf to explain then i would apreciate it alot.

Thanx in advance.

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HP Pavilion 8730uk: Athlon 850, 512mbPC133RAM, TNT2 Pro32mb, SB Live1024, LG CED-8083b CD-RW, Samsung SD-612 DVD-ROM, Quantum 30gb lct15-30 & Western Digital 45gb WD450AA HDD, Win98FE & Cable Modem.

[This message has been edited by LotusAstra (edited 05-19-2001).]