How to access two Macs on same router

Question

How to access two Macs on same router

I understand that to access a Mac which is connected via a router, I have to use port forwarding on the router to allow Apple Remote Desktop access though ports 3283, 5900 & 5988 to the first Mac, but how can I also connect to the other Mac? The only way I can see of doing that is to keep changing the port forwarding settings on the router to connect to one Mac or the other. This seems very inefficient; can it be set up to allow access to both Macs without reconfiguration each time?

MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.3)

Posted on Nov 9, 2012 1:31 PM

Reply

Answer 1

Best reply

Templeton Peck

Level 9

62,197 points

Nov 9, 2012 8:40 PM in response to TheKnowledgeSeeker002

You can't. Port forwarding only works for one internal address

Reply

Answer 2

Nov 10, 2012 3:11 AM in response to Templeton Peck

Is there any way to achieve this without port forwarding then?

It just seems to be a pretty basic thing to want to be able to administer more than one Mac on the same router.

I think TeamViewer achieves this without any form of port forwarding (it's just needs to be run on each machine and a randomly selected password chosen on one machine and that password entered on the other.

Reply

Answer 3

Nov 10, 2012 4:55 AM in response to TheKnowledgeSeeker002

2 options..

1. Setup a VPN on the networks where the clients are. Connect the VPN then you can access all Macs within the network.

2. Go to logmein.com and setup a free Hamachi network account. install the clients on all Macs and you can control as many as you want no matter where you or the clients are.

Reply