What am I doing wrong that I can't connect to a very remote computer?
Maybe I just don't understand the definition of "remote" but I can connect to computers on my local Ethernet network, but when I attempt to connect to my dad's computer a thousand miles away, I get a "disconnected" or "offline" comment. He has Safari and Mail active, and we are looking at each other through iChat, so I KNOW he's online.
He's 84 years old, and the communication is killing me, but I've had him turn on all the permissions in Sharing, so I can't figure out why I can't get on his machine. He's got a new iMac/Intel box, and I'm running a G5; we're both running 10.4.7.
When I "edit" his information, very often the address turns from the number I've entered to "0.0.0.0." and I can't change it. Our IP numbers are only different by 50 in the last set, which seems odd to me, but I'm ignorant!
According to the Sharing panel, the IP address is supposed to begin with "afp://" but that gets stripped out when I enter it - in fact, sometimes (but not always) it won't let me enter the slash marks.
I'd appreciate any info you guys can give me.
Thanks!
what's this about 'consumer hubs'?
i've tried almost every trick i've read, short of doing a complete dump and re-install of all software. i just can't get connected to someone over the internet. could it be their service provider doing the blocking?
as i've only tried connecting to one other person's computer in one area of the globe it's difficult to say what the problem is.
here's a thought for apple - have a dummy site (for us dummies) that we can access using ard, thusly allowing us to test our own settings to make sure the problem doesn't reside with us.
any help would be great.
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