Re: Accessing Multiple Desktops At Office Via XP VPN
From: Nepatsfan (nepatsfan_at_SBXXXVIII.com)
Date: 12/22/04
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Date: Tue, 21 Dec 2004 23:38:04 -0500
Does your router setup look something like this (just change the
names and IP addresses):
http://home.comcast.net/~nepatsfan2005/remote.html
Make sure you have checked Enabled and click apply.
On each of the office computers, did you go into Control Panel ->
System and on the Remote page -> Remote Desktop section put a
check mark in the "Allow users to connect remotely to this
computer"? Click on "Select Remote Users". You should see a line
"(User name) already has access". Unless you've added other
accounts, that's the user name you should be trying to logon
with. Any account you're trying to logon with must have a
password (no blank passwords allowed).
In Control Panel -> Windows Firewall -> Exceptions make sure that
Remote Desktop is checked.
What error message do you get when you try to connect to the
other computers?
When you try to connect what numbers are you entering?
It shouldn't be 192.168.1.XXX:3390.
Are you trying to connect from a remote location or are you
testing this within the office network?
This should work. The reason I say that is because I got the
picture in the web site from an office that's 25 miles away from
here.
Keep in mind that Linksys has a help line that might be useful.
You can reach them at 800-326-7114.
Nepatsfan
"FiletInTexas" <FiletInTexas@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
message
news:F762CD2D-4301-4269-A326-3AC963BFDFAA@microsoft.com...
> Thank you for yout time at helping me with this. I did as you
> said .... I can
> get on one computer the one that has the 3389. When I go to try
> to access the
> one PC2 which I set as 3390 I cannot connect. I did do all this
> in UPnP. Do I
> not put anything in Port Forwarding or Port Triggering? I have
> Windows XP SP2
> on this computer and couldnt get on. I turned it off and still
> couldnt get it
> to connect. Any ideas? And I do have a Linksys BEFSR41 ver2.
> router that I
> upgraded the firmware as well.
>
>
>
> "Nepatsfan" wrote:
>
>> Following up on my earlier post, the key is that you have to
>> set
>> up port forwarding on your router. The following works on a
>> Linksys BEFSR41. Your router should have similar settings.
>>
>> Let's call your office machines Comp1, Comp2, Comp3 and Comp4.
>> Your machine is Comp1 which you can already access. Also, all
>> your machines should have static IP's in the private IP range
>> of
>> 192.168.1.XXX. Keep in mind that anyone who wants to access
>> their
>> machine from home has to do so with an account that does not
>> have
>> a blank password.
>>
>> Access the router's web interface by going to Start -> Run.
>> Enter
>> http://192.168.1.1.
>> That should bring up the login box. The default password is
>> admin. If you changed it, enter the appropriate password.
>> Next,
>> you want to access the page "Applications and Gaming". Once
>> you're there, click on UPnP Forwarding. Down towards the
>> bottom
>> (below the list of preset applications) you want to enter the
>> following values:
>>
>> Application: Comp2 (you can name these whatever you want)
>> Ext. Port: 3390
>> TCP: X
>> Int. Port: 3389
>> IP Address: 192.168.1.XXX (enter the correct static IP)
>> Enabled: X
>>
>> Application: Comp3
>> Ext. Port: 3391
>> TCP: X
>> Int. Port: 3389
>> IP Address: 192.168.1.XXX
>> Enabled: X
>>
>> Application: Comp4
>> Ext. Port: 3392
>> TCP: X
>> Int. Port: 3389
>> IP Address: 192.168.1.XXX
>> Enabled: X
>>
>> Click Save Settings and close the router program.
>>
>> If you have a firewall program running on these machines,
>> you're
>> going to have to enable the correct ports for each machine.
>> For
>> Windows XP's built-in firewall go to Start -> Control Panel ->
>> Windows Firewall. Click on the Exceptions tab. Click on Add a
>> port. Name it something like Home Access. Then enter the port
>> numbers (3390 for Comp2, 3391 for Comp3 and 3392 for Comp4).
>> Click on Change Scope and make sure "Any computer" is checked.
>> Click on OK.
>>
>> With this in place, the people in your office would simply
>> need
>> to append the port number assigned to their machine to the
>> static
>> IP that your ISP assigned to you. Let's say that your public
>> IP
>> is 123.123.123.123. Then the person who wants to access Comp2
>> enters 123.123.123.123:3390 in the Computer box of the Remote
>> Desktop Connection's General page, then enters their User name
>> and password and hits Connect. For Comp3 it's
>> 123.123.123.123:3391, Comp4 123.123.123.123:3392. You should
>> have
>> them modify the settings on the other pages to bring them in
>> line
>> with your office network.
>>
>> Malke brings up a good point about security. While Remote
>> Desktop
>> transmissions are encrypted, you've still opened up a pretty
>> big
>> hole to your network. If you're really concerned about it you
>> might want to scroll down a notch and post your question to
>> the
>> Remote Desktop group. They might be able to help you set up a
>> VPN
>> connection. At the very least you should follow some simple
>> guidelines. Don't let anyone use simple to guess passwords.
>> Passwords should be a combination of upper case, lower case,
>> numbers and symbols. Also, if you're going to open up your
>> network to the outside world you better have a real good
>> backup
>> sytstem in place. Only share what needs to be shared and never
>> share the locations where your backup files are stored.
>>
>> Hope this makes sense.
>>
>> Nepatsfan
>>
>> "FiletInTexas" <FiletInTexas@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote
>> in
>> message
>> news:345734A7-295C-4AC2-B790-54EFEE0FB91D@microsoft.com...
>> > Yes, I tried Remote Desktop. I got right in. Only problem is
>> > I
>> > only have one
>> > static ip and when I went into Remote Desktop, I had to use
>> > that one static
>> > ip and I dont know how to get into the others.
>> >
>> > "Malke" wrote:
>> >
>> >> FiletInTexas wrote:
>> >>
>> >> > I have 4 computers at my office all on Windows XP Pro. I
>> >> > have a dsl
>> >> > connection with a static IP as well as a linksys router.
>> >> > I
>> >> > want to be
>> >> > able to have each of my employees be able to access their
>> >> > own
>> >> > respective computers from their home or their laptop
>> >> > while
>> >> > traveling.
>> >> > The home computers and laptops also have Windows Xp Pro.
>> >> > Is
>> >> > this
>> >> > possible? If so, can someone point me in the direction as
>> >> > what I need
>> >> > to do. I am pretty computer savvy so I am thinking with
>> >> > some
>> >> > direction
>> >> > I could do this myself. Where I am getting lost is I set
>> >> > the
>> >> > Static IP
>> >> > in the router and I put the port forwarding towards one
>> >> > of
>> >> > the
>> >> > computers IP and I can connect but I dont know how to
>> >> > connect to the
>> >> > other three.
>> >>
>> >> You could do this with Remote Desktop or a third-party
>> >> program
>> >> like
>> >> pcAnywhere. However, be aware of the security issues. If it
>> >> is
>> >> very
>> >> important that your work data not be sniffed, you should
>> >> set
>> >> up a VPN
>> >> (Virtual Private Network). IIRC, XP Pro has the ability to
>> >> do
>> >> this.
>> >> There are also third-party VPN programs. This isn't an area
>> >> where I
>> >> know a lot, so I'll bow out and hopefully someone else will
>> >> have a more
>> >> precise answer for you.
>> >>
>> >> Malke
>> >> --
>> >> MS-MVP Windows User/Shell
>> >> Elephant Boy Computers
>> >> www.elephantboycomputers.com
>> >> "Don't Panic"
>> >>
>>
>>
>>
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