Now Where Did I *Put* That?
I’ve been using TightVNC to log into my work computer from home so that I can give them an extra day of my life. TightVNC is a little background application running on my work computer. It monitors activity on an unused port, and serves a copy of my work desktop to a java app in my browser window when I access the port from my home computer. I work in that window, using the mouse and keyboard as if I was sitting in front on my computer at work, but without the 50 min. drive each way. Good deal! The only problem is that we have Verizon DSL at work… well, actually that presents a number of problems… and a dynamic IP address. The IP address identifies your computer on the Internet so that things like email and web pages – and TightVNC – know how to get to you. A dynamic IP address changes anytime you disconnect and reconnect. And Verizon seems to disconnect a lot. For the first couple of weeks I would email the IP address home and then maybe I’d b...