PC Anywhere

WinRoute includes the best support for Symantec's pcAnywhere of any software router on the market. pcAnywhere allows the user to access and manage computers inside of the network. In order to do this you have to apply the following scenario:

  1. Managed computer will run pcAnywhere Host.
  2. Remote computer will run pcAnywhere Remote
  3. Port Mapping on WinRoute's computer will be configured this way:
  4. Protocol: TCP/UDP

    Listen IP: unspecified

    Listen Port (range): 5631-5632

    Destination IP: IP address of pcAnywhere Host inside of your network (e.g.192.168.1.12)

    Destination Port: 5631-5632

Security issue

To increase security and to avoid opening your network to the outside world, WinRoute allows users to choose a specific IP address from where the access through specific ports is allowed. This configuration allows for only certain computers or networks to access your system from the Internet.

To setup computers that are allowed to access your network, you have to define an Address Group first (even if you enter only a single computer). To configure this go to menu Settings=>Advanced=>Address groups.

Changing the access to different computers

You can setup the Administrator rights in WinRoute to enable a connection directly to the WinRoute host. While in the host, you can change the destination IP in Port Mapping and access directly the PC you choose. Amazing!