Re: Remote Desktop Issues

From: M Griff (MGriff_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 11/23/04 

Date: Tue, 23 Nov 2004 06:23:05 -0800

I found out that my office has a dynamic IP address so I am using the DNS2Go
service. I also saw that under "Windows Firewall" under "exceptions" remote
desktop is checked, and it says that port 3389 would be open with this
program. Is that what I needed to Do? Because it still won't work. Under
the firewall exceptions tab where it says port 3389 is open, do I put my
"dns2go" address or something else? Do I need to open that port in a
different manner? Am I missing something else?
 PLEASE HELP (I think I may lose my mind soon).

"Doug Knox MS-MVP" wrote:

> Is your office network behind a firewall/router? If so, you need to open and forward port 3389 to the IP address of the machine, on your office network, that you want to connect to remotely.
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> "M Griff" <M Griff@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:3AA96D8E-0017-43D8-9936-10D468E70F6C@microsoft.com...
> > I'm having trouble using remote desktop from my home. I'm trying to connect
> > to my office computer (with XP pro) which is on a small network of 4
> > computers. When I try to connect I get an error message saying that the
> > client couldn't be reached. Everything I come across to try and fix this
> > problem says to contact the "network administarator", since this is a small
> > office by default that is me.
>

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