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Hello, Thx for your answer. Bo Berglund wrote: > 1. The CVSNT server machine should run XP-Pro. Does it? XP Home is no > good... I'vs only the home version. Nevertheless possible ? > 2. Configure your Internet firewall to map the port 2401 to the CVSNT > server IP on your local network. The server runs on a pc, which is direkt connected to internet. So i use its ip ? > 3. On the CVSNT server add an account for your friend. I am not sure how to do. Like this: "cvs passwd -a myriend" ? > 4. On the friend's PC you do the following: > 5. Open the Windows\system32\drivers\etc\HOSTS file in an editor > 6. Enter one line with the following data: > <Internet ip of CVS server firewall> MyCvsServer > Note that the IP you have to enter is the address the CVS server > *firewall* uses to access the Internet, not the IP of the server > itself. Example: > 62.73.84.95 MyCvsServer > (of course you can use another name than MyCvsServer if you like) > 7. Save the HOSTS file in place of MyCvsServer it should be my computer name ? > Note that the trick using the HOSTS file is done to make it possible > to later change the IP address of the server if his ISP changes it. > This happens when DSL users have DHCP to give them the IP. I use dyndns.org to get a pseudo static ip. Jens