Re: RDP thru a router

From: Bassman (cgoane_at_softwaredesigner.com.nospam)
Date: 07/13/04

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    I tried "normal" (i.e. not ove the web) RDP using the public IP of the router. It worked well.

    I can't connect from within my LAN. So, now I know I can't test from behind my router.

    So it's something with 'over the web'. Any ideas?

    "Sooner Al" wrote:

    > Well, if your testing from another PC on your private LAN use the LAN IP. If your testing from a
    > remote PC then use the public IP of the router. Its possible your ISP is blocking the IIS port,
    > particularly if it is TCP Port 80.
    >
    > Can you test using the normal Remote Desktop client, ie. not the web based method, from both another
    > PC on your LAN and from a remote site?
    >
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    > "Chris Goane" <Chris Goane@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
    > news:78017BE7-D6ED-41E7-B9A9-5A2F85256E83@microsoft.com...
    > >I have a Linksys router and I wish to enable RDP on a PC behind a router. I'm confused about which
    > >IPs get used where.
    > > 1) I enable RDP
    > > 2) I set a private IP for my PC
    > > 3) I edit the TCP/IP connection properties and assign the IP from step 2.
    > > 4) I configured IIS to listen on a port.
    > > 5) I enable port forwarding on the router for both 3389 and the port I chose above.
    > >
    > > I can't connect via the RDP Web using format "http://IP:port/tsweb"
    > > I tried the IP returned by www.whatsmyip.org. - no work
    > > I tried my router's (e.g. 192.168.1.1) - no work.
    > >
    > > 1) what IP do I use?
    > > 2) what am I missing?
    > >
    > > thanks......
    >
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