

Once these have been changed, I understand that the new ports may then be configured in the router to match. The info I have at the moment (though no able to get it working yet due to problems with the darn router - D-Link G604-T - won't hold the portforwarding info) is, that the screen sharing and remote management ports can be set in the "data entry screen" of ARD. Thanks for your contribution to the post, and I'd also like to know how it may be done. If using "TeamViewer Host" on your wife's computer it can be set up in a way that gives you even unattended access to this computer. If using "TeamViewer QuickSupport" on your wife's computer she has to give you always a newly generated password for each support session. I use ARD when possible and TeamViewer in many other cases. TeamViewer is free for personal use and works very well (almost as good as ARD). To the original poster: A possible way around would be to use TeamViewer for working on your wife's computer. Can somebody explain this more in detail? Thanks.

I also do not understand exactly how this would have to be done "via VPN". Now, if both client computers can only use the same ports 32 for ARD how can it be possible to create separate port forwarding to both of them with their different internal ip addresses? I think that cannot be done - and I would be glad to learn otherwise. To control a single computer behind a router "you need to set the router to forward TCP and UDP ports 32 to the client computer you wish to access" (this is a quote from the ARD manual).

The ARD client (that part of ARD that is used on the two computers behind the router) uses port 3283 for remote management and port 5900 for screen sharing - and I never heard or read that these ports can be changed for the CLIENT computers. Now let's say the internal ip addresses of your two computers behind the router are 192.168.1.10 and 192.168.1.20. That means under this address you reach the router and you have to put this address into ARD on the admin side in order to reach any computer behind the router - correct? Let's say your external ip address is 123.456.789. I would love to hear how this could actually work without VPN.
