foolios Posted January 12, 2008 Share Posted January 12, 2008 (edited) For a WinXP machine not connected to the lan.I am needing to access a remote cdrom drive every once in a while. I was wondering if the map network drive functionality could be used to map a remote drive by an ip address. Is it possible for me to access a cd rom drive on my computer from a computer that I am accessing remotely through the remote desktop application as if the drive was on that computer?Thanks in advance Edited January 12, 2008 by foolios Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nitroshift Posted January 12, 2008 Share Posted January 12, 2008 Yes, it is possible, just make sure you have some CD inserted in the drive when you map it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foolios Posted January 12, 2008 Author Share Posted January 12, 2008 Yes, it is possible, just make sure you have some CD inserted in the drive when you map it.What do I put into the address for the browse folder location?is it something like //24.124.2.3//D: where drive d is the cd-rom player on that remote pc? I have tried to use a real ip but I get network not found. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ponch Posted January 12, 2008 Share Posted January 12, 2008 You need to share the drive on its PC first.after that, "\\24.124.2.3\d" (or whatever the IP is AND the sharename) will look more like it. Of course if you can't ping the IP, there is an other problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gosh Posted January 14, 2008 Share Posted January 14, 2008 Ponch is right, you need to share the device first. Remote desktop lets you redirect printers and hard drive, but i dont beleive there's an option for cdrom-gosh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zxian Posted January 16, 2008 Share Posted January 16, 2008 Hang on a second... he said that the computer was "not connected to the lan". I read this as "connected via the internet". Is the remote PC behind a router? You'll need to map ports in this case.My personal preference would be to use Hamachi to tunnel your connections. You'd run it on both the remote and local machines, and it would create a virtual network between the two allowing you the same functionality as you'd have if you were on the same LAN.Hamachi HomepageHow to run Hamachi as a service in Windows XP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foolios Posted January 16, 2008 Author Share Posted January 16, 2008 Hang on a second... he said that the computer was "not connected to the lan". I read this as "connected via the internet". Is the remote PC behind a router? You'll need to map ports in this case.My personal preference would be to use Hamachi to tunnel your connections. You'd run it on both the remote and local machines, and it would create a virtual network between the two allowing you the same functionality as you'd have if you were on the same LAN.Hamachi HomepageHow to run Hamachi as a service in Windows XPActually, this is how I am accessing that remote computer now. With logmein. I didn't know I could access my computers cd-rom drive from that remote computer. Is this possible in the free version? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zxian Posted January 17, 2008 Share Posted January 17, 2008 I've never used the LogMeIn service since I only use Hamachi, but the basic functionality of Hamachi is the same in the free and premium versions. The premium version allows for more features, but won't stop you from doing what you want. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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