Accessing my work Mac from my Mac at home . . .

Hello folks,
I know this might be pretty basic to many of you, but I'm still a bit unsure of myself and my knowledge of Mac networking or remote access. I'm wanting to setup my Mac at work so that I can connect to it from my Mac at home. I use a Cable modem at both work and home, and it is active 24/7.
What I'm looking for (or hoping for) is a link to a good manual or outline on how I can achieve this. If anyone has one, please let me know. Or if it's much simplier than that even, please feel free to give me some pointers here as well.
Thanks in advance, these forums have always been a tremendous source of help. It's nice to be a part of a community that actually works together like the Mac community. Thanks again.
Chris Zimmerman
PowerPC G4 Mac OS X (10.4.6)

Wow, thanks Darren, I had no clue it was quite that . . . simple. I'll have to give this a go tonight.
Regarding my setup Patman, it's like this...at the office, we have PC's and Macs setup to share a cable modem for internet access. We have a Cable Modem which hooks directly into a Linksys Cable Router...that router hooks into an Asante Hub...all the PC's are linked directly into this hub...one line runs to my office where my Macs are setup...here I have a DLink Ethernet Switch that all 3 of my Macs (as well as 1 printer) hook into.
This might not be the optimal way to do things, but it's how we are setup atm. Does this give you the information you need Patman? Let me know if there's anything more I can tell you. Thanks.
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