Remote assistance/desktop

From: Wowbagger (none)
Date: 10/27/04 

Date: Wed, 27 Oct 2004 09:12:41 -0400

Environment:

Host machine, Windows XP Professional SP/2 in a LAN behind a NAT/firewall
device. No restrictions beyond an admin who may not know how to configure
port forwarding (or even what it is - I won't approach him until I know
exactly what I need to request).

Client machine, Windows XP Media Center edition SP/2, also behind a
NAT/firewall device over which I have full control.

What specifically do I need to control host from client? If I set up remote
assistance using messenger will I be able to connect on demand or would
somebody physically at the host have to initiate the session?

If I go with remote desktop, what NAT configuration changes do I need to
request from the admin?

If I can get this working there are others in the office who will probably
want to do the same - how would the NAT need to be configured to support
remote desktop on multiple machines? Is it just a question of assigning NAT
port xxx to forward to 3389 on the first desktop, NAT port yyy forwarding to
3389 on the second and so forth?

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