Re: Remote printing and multi-user RD access...
From: Bill Sanderson (Bill_Sanderson_at_msn.com.plugh.org)
Date: 09/29/04
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Date: Wed, 29 Sep 2004 16:08:25 -0400
If you can provide them with VPN connectivity to the work LAN, this is
easy--just connect the vpn, then connect by IP (or, perhaps, name) to the
individual workstation via port 3389--no changes needed.
Two VPN connections are really the best way to handle this, but there are
others, so let us know whether you can manage that solution.
Printing requires that the drivers for the home printer be available at the
work XP Pro host, and that the port that the printer connects to be
redirected. If these are LPT connected printers which predate XP's
introduction, this should work out of the box. If the printers are newer,
you may need to install the drivers on the work machines, as though they
were locally connected via LPT1. After installation, you can delete the
created "printer", but, if queried whether to delete files, say NO. This
leaves the printer available for autoinstallation on the fly as connections
are made, which is what happens.
If the printer connection is USB, it then matters whether the port name is
USB001 (etc) or DOT4001 (etc) If the former, it should work out of the box
as long as the driver is available at the host machin. If the latter, you
will need to apply the registry change workaround specified in this KB
article:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;302361
to the HOME machine, and reboot it before testing whether the printer now
works.
"Alohanora" <Alohanora@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:D981F97B-F8EB-4D89-972E-3C19C55471D7@microsoft.com...
>I have two managers who want to connect via RD from home to their office
> workstations. They also want to be able to print docs and reports from
> their
> office workstations to their home printers. We utilize a Netscreen VPN
> router and have terminal services configured via Port 3389. Currently, I
> can
> point the 3389 terminal services forwarding config to only one destination
> IP
> address within the office from outside the office. Only one user can use
> RD
> from home at any given time.
>
> How can I enable both users to access their office workstations at the
> same
> time without having to constantly change destination IP addresses and how
> can
> I enable them to be able to print to their home printers? All
> workstations
> have WinXP Pro and DSL or Cable.
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