Wrapping Up

Remote Desktop and Remote Assistance are both great tools for remote networking. Using Remote Desktop, you can connect to a remote computer and use the computer as if you were actually sitting in front of it. This option opens a number of helpful doors that conventional networking has not provided. Similarly, you can support users from your desk using Remote Assistance. With Remote Assistance, you can even control a remote user’s computer and quickly and easily fix problems that might be occurring. Connections for Remote Desktop and Remote Assistance are typically easy, as long as you keep the basic IP rules in mind and work around any firewall issues.

Now that you have taken a look at these remote networking features, let’s turn our attention to Internet Connection Sharing, Internet Connection Firewall, and network bridging in Chapter 12.