Remote access my office mac from my home mac

I know this is not the right forum for this, but I am not sure which one is and so I am asking this question here in the hopes that someone will direct me to the right place.
If I want to access my office mac from home, what program do I need to use? (Apple Remote Desktop?) Where can I find detailed instructions?
Other pertinent details:
I have a PB at home and one at the office, both running OSX.3.
Both are on a wireless network.
Office is behind a firewall.
Because both computers are on a wireless network, their IP addresses are of the form 10.0.1.xxx. Turning on File sharing on the office computer and then doing "ssh [email protected].....etc. does not seem to work.
Ideally I want to be able to remotely run programs on the office computer. I know this ability exists for Windows XP (and my colleagues use it), so it MUST exist for Macs.
Any help will be much appreciated.
Thanks,
NS

ns,
Apple Remote Desktop and Timbuktu Pro are worthy programs; you can achieve the same effects with free VNC (virtual network connection) software. Essentially, you set one Mac up as a VNC server, the other as a VNC client, and connect the client to the server. Check Version Tracker and/or MacUpdate for such freeware as VNCThing (OS 9 client), OSXvnc (OS X server), and Chicken of the VNC (OS X client).
The firewall will require you to set up port forwarding. I've actually found the FAQ and help info at the site for the Windows program UltraVNC along with PortForward more than enough to figure how to set up a VNC link to a Windows PC in my wife's office that could be accessed by either my office Mac (before turning on the link encryption) or her home PC. Adding / using SSH is somewhat more complicated and outside of my firsthand experience, but there are references at e.g. SSH VNC Tunneling (try Googling "SSH VNC Mac"). See for example:
Homemade Dot-Mac: Remote Control
MacMod - Your Mac Modding HQ
VNC Sessions From Off-Campus
Note that if you have the usual dynamic IP account at home and a static IP at work, it will be easier to set up the work computer as the server since the IP number will be a fixed address. If both computers are on dynamic IP accounts, the server's IP number will have to be checked locally before connecting remotely (one reason ISPs can charge extra for static IP accounts).

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