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Hello
I have a house in England, and there I had a broadband connection.
Now in my home I had made small network with 2 desktop PC and 1 laptops.
I had a, internet line is coming to modem and than going to wireless router(which is four ports) and 2PC’s and 1 Laptop is connected to routers.
Now my question is that:
I am living here in other country and I want to fix camera in my house there in England and I want to watch my house from my current staying place. So hoe it will be possible to make connection, which will be definitely wireless.
Please guide

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— the basics are already in the thread, and was right that you need remote access to the house network. Below are practical, low-risk options and a short how-to for the crossover-cable file copy you asked about later.

For remote viewing (recommended approaches)

  • Easiest: buy an IP camera that uses the manufacturer’s cloud/P2P service. It needs very little on-site setup, works through most home routers automatically, and you view from the vendor app. Choose a reputable brand, change default admin passwords, and keep firmware current.
  • Most secure: run a VPN server at home (on the router or a small always-on device). When you connect to the VPN from abroad you are inside your home LAN and can view the camera just like you were there. This avoids exposing devices directly to the internet.
  • If you must allow direct external access: use a Dynamic DNS name and limit exposure (strong passwords, HTTPS/RTSP over TLS if available, and firmware updates). Be aware that some ISPs use carrier-grade NAT which prevents direct incoming connections; in that case a cloud/P2P or VPN solution is required.

Practical checks and cautions

  • Test the camera and its web/app stream on the local LAN first.
  • Prefer a standalone IP camera or NVR over a setup that relies on a PC left on 24/7.
  • Secure Wi‑Fi with WPA2/3 and a strong password.
  • Avoid leaving cameras or routers with default admin credentials or open management interfaces.

Direct PC-to-PC file transfer with a cable

  • Yes, two PCs can copy files with a crossover cable. Many modern network cards auto-sense so a normal patch cable may work.
  • Set static IPs on each machine (for example 192.168.10.1 and 192.168.10.2 with mask 255.255.255.0), enable file sharing on the folders you need, and adjust firewalls to allow file-sharing traffic. No internet connection is needed for the transfer.
  • If you later want the laptop to use the desktop’s internet connection, enable Internet Connection Sharing (ICS) or use the desktop as a network bridge.

These points fill gaps left by earlier replies and keep security and reliability front and center.

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Use remote connection on your house in England. You need little configure your router and one of PC, which one is attached camera. Good Luck!

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Use remote connection on your house in England. You need little configure your router and one of PC, which one is attached camera. Good Luck!

hay thanx for ur help!
but i dont know much about this all, i mean about networking and its related things!

i will be very thank full to u if u plz explain me in full detail!!! i will wait for ur reply
bye c ya!
Ahmed

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1.) You Need configure your England house broadband rooter. There must be in options something like DMZ zone or other options (depend of your rooter). You need set your rooter to allow incomming connections to specified computer IP address on your "England home" network - for computer which have attached "cameras".
2.) Now use (Remote Desktop/Radmin/VNC) to connect to your England house computer.

Not so good explaining from me! Good luck and you must read rooter manual. ;)

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hay JaBa ,
Good Day. Thanks for all ur explaination.its really very usefull for me.
Now i got the idea for solving my problem. really i was eagerly waitng for ur reply.
Thankyou very much.

If i faced any more problems related to this only i will mail u again,hope u will not mind.
Bye c ya
Ahmed

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Of course no problems! So good luck with that!

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hay JaBa, how u doing? after along time chating with u?
Dear i had a problem and that is,
i had a desktop PC with a broadband connection running through modem on it, now i bought Laptop Dell inspiron 1525, i need to connect my laptop with my pc so as to transfer my files from my pc to lap!
i have only the crossover cable but no router,switch or hub or any other thing so how can i transfer the files????( as people says that no need for any thing just the crossover cable!R they right? )
as i told i had net connection on my pc through Modem so its not shared with laptop- so di i had to have net connection on my laptop also for transfering files from pc or no need!!?

I know u r very prompt but i request u plz reply as soon as possible.
bye

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