Path: news.easynews.com!easynews!novia!novia!btnet-peer1!btnet!isdnet!nerim.net!deine.net!intgwpad.nntp.telstra.net!news-server.bigpond.net.au!not-for-mail From: "Yaw" Newsgroups: comp.database.oracle,comp.databases.oracle,comp.databases.oracle.server References: <9gtW7.14467$wD1.82553@news-server.bigpond.net.au> <3C2ACFF5.B09FF732@radico.obninsk.ru> Subject: Re: Why not? Lines: 21 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2919.6700 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2919.6700 Message-ID: Date: Sat, 29 Dec 2001 14:00:41 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 203.45.132.168 X-Complaints-To: news@bigpond.net.au X-Trace: news-server.bigpond.net.au 1009634441 203.45.132.168 (Sun, 30 Dec 2001 01:00:41 EST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 30 Dec 2001 01:00:41 EST Organization: BigPond Internet Services (http://www.bigpond.net.au) Xref: easynews comp.database.oracle:7239 comp.databases.oracle:12291 comp.databases.oracle.server:129046 X-Received-Date: Sat, 29 Dec 2001 08:33:55 MST (news.easynews.com) I have been told that the method is to use Virtual Private Network to do it. So which way should I go: VPN or configuring tnsnames.ora etc? Thanks. Yaw. "Paulus" wrote in message news:e46a94e6.0112280328.44387d6b@posting.google.com... > If you are connected by an ISP, maybe your IP address is dynamically > assigned; you should see the IP address that your ISP assigned you > (IPCONFIG with Win NT or 2000, IFCONFIG Linux/Unix, WINIPCFG Win > 98/95) and then modify the file listener.ora so Oracle will wait a > connection using this IP (in the server machine); and the tnsnames.ora > file in the client computer with the IP address of the server... > > scuse me for my poor english... i hope this help you.