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Connecting over the Internet

Available in the Technician/T80+ only.

R‑Studio and R‑Studio Agent can be connected over the Internet. The connection can be made either using IP addresses or DNS names.

If hosts where R‑Studio and R‑Studio Agent are running have public IP addresses the connection can be made the same way as for the local network , except that the IP address or DNS name should be explicitly specified in the Computer filed the Connect to Remote Computer dialog box

If either (or both) of the hosts are on private networks behind NATs and firewalls and do not have public IP addresses, the corresponding ports should be opened or forwarded. In addition, connection should be made either only from R‑Studio or from R‑Studio Agent .

Connection directions

* Both R‑Studio and R‑Studio Agent have public IP addresses (no NAT /firewall) or the ports on the NAT/firewall are forwarded/opened.

A connection can be made either from R‑Studio or from R‑Studio Agent .

* R‑Studio is behind a NAT and R‑Studio Agent has a public IP address or the ports on its NAT/firewall are forwarded/opened.

A connection should be made from R‑Studio .

* R‑Studio has a public IP address or the ports on its NAT/firewall are forwarded/opened and R‑Studio Agent is behind a NAT.

A connection should be made from R‑Studio Agent .

* Both R‑Studio and R‑Studio Agent are behind NATs/firewalls.

No connections are possible.

Connection from R‑Studio Agent to R‑Studio

R‑Studio settings

If a connection is to be made from R‑Studio Agent to R‑Studio , R‑Studio should be set to accept connection on the Connect to Remote Computer dialog box .

Connect to Remote Computer dialog box

Select Wait connection from remote computer , and specify options for incoming connections.

R-Studio Incoming Connection Options

Password:	Enter a password to obtain access to this computer from a network.
Allow connection from any address	Select this option if you want to allow connections to R‑Studio from any IP address
Allow connection from the host	Select this option if you want to allow connections to R‑Studio from a specific IP address or a network
IP Address	specifies addresses from which this computer can be accessed.
Subnet Mask	specifies subnet mask of the network from which this computer can be accessed.
Port	port for incoming connections.

R‑Studio will wait for an incoming connection.

Waiting for remote connection dialog box

Connecting from R‑Studio Agent to R‑Studio.

To establish a connection from R‑Studio Agent to R‑Studio,

(See the R‑Studio Agent for Mac or R‑Studio Agent for Linux help page to learn how to establish connections from those R‑Studio Agent versions).

1	Right-click the R‑Studio Agent tray icon and select Connect

2	Enter the necessary information on the Connect to R‑Studio dialog box and click the Connect button.

Connect to R-Studio dialog box

>	R‑Studio Agent will connect to the computer where R‑Studio is running and it will show the drive and logical disk structure of the remote computer.

It can be processed the same way as that on a local computer.

Server	Specify the DNS name or IP address of the host where R‑Studio is running.
Port	Specify the port set on the R‑Studio Connect to Remote Computer dialog box.
Password	Specify the password set on the R‑Studio Connect to Remote Computer dialog box.

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Connecting over the Internet

R‑Studio settings

Connecting from R‑Studio Agent to R‑Studio.

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