Easy Intall | Advanced Setup | Fast User Switching
Viewing and controlling a machine using IP and Port
1. Download AstroApp and unstuff or unzip it.
Launch the AstroApp executable.
Choose "Advanced Sharing Method..." from the "Main" menu.
2. Give your computer a name.
Fill in the port number, for example 7777.
3. Create a new user and give this user a password.
4. Click Share.
Your local IP Address will appear in the Desktop
Address Field.
Write down this IP address in case you need it
later.
5. Click OK.
6. Your computer is now being shared locally.
If you would like to share your computer to another
machine over the
internet and you use a NAT router you will have
to follow these 2 steps
to make sure your machine can be accessed from
the internet.
a. Go inside your router
and port forward the port you chose in step 2
to
the address you wrote down in step 4. This is usually under the
"Gaming/Applications" or "Port
Forwarding" tab of your router
configuration.
Then Use the "Port Tester..." found under the "Login"
menu to verify you have the port forwarded correctly.
b. Find out what your
public internet address is and write it down. This
can
also be found in the "Port Tester..." dialog under the "Login" menu.
7. Download AstroApp onto your second machine and unstuff or
unzip it.
8. If you downloaded AstroApp for Palm you will have to install
it onto
your handheld with a hotsync before continuing.
9. Launch AstroApp.
Choose "Advanced Viewing Method..." from the "Main" menu.
Palm OS users must choose "Advanced Connection..." under
the "View" menu.
10. Fill in the Desktop Username and Desktop Password fields
with what
you chose in step 3.
11. If your machine running AstroApp from above is on your
LAN then
you can click the "Auto-Detect Via LAN" button
where you can then
select the machine.
Click the "Connect" button.
You are now connected.
12. If your first machine is not on the same LAN then fill in
the Port
Number which you chose in step 2.
Fill in the Desktop Address field with the public
IP address you wrote
down in step 6b.
Click the "Connect" button.
You are now connected.
*Please note* If you would like AstroApp to automatically share out your machine
after booting there are 2 more things you need to do. First, for Windows or OS
9, put AstroApp or a Link to AstroApp in your "Start-Up Items" Folder. For
OS X Ctrl-Click on AstroApp in the dock and choose "Open At Login". Then turn
on "Auto-Share Desktop On Launch" under "Share Options".