Re: setting up RD without a VPN connection ?

From: Bill Sanderson (Bill_Sanderson_at_msn.com.plugh.org)
Date: 10/01/04 

Date: Fri, 1 Oct 2004 11:28:40 -0400

This listing shows both an external and an internal IP address.

This implies that there are two network interfaces in this machine, with
software doing nat/routing between them. This may not be Microsoft's
Internet Connection Sharing, because that, in XP, uses 192.168.1.x for the
internal interface and isn't really modifiable.

You need to find out what software is doing the routing between the
interfaces, and how you open port 3389, TCP on the external interface in
that software.

If I'm mistaken, and this is ICS/ICF, then you would open the port by going
to the advanced tab in properties of TCP/IP on the external interface, and
clicking on the settings button.

"Daniel Rascoe" <danielrascoe@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:OFT%23hO6pEHA.3324@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
> The client can NOT ping the host. I turned the firewall off to make sure
> it wasn't the problem. If I can connect with the firewall off, then I'll
> try to turn it on and still keep the RD connection. I am not certain that
> there are no other software firewalls involved. But I am certain that the
> host computer only has the WinXP SP2 firewall and that it is turned off. I
> got the following info from www.pcpitstop.com
> Bandwidth down: 100 Kbits/sec
> Bandwidth up: 346 Kbits/sec
> Average Ping: 153 ms
> Ping Loss: 0%
> TCP Receive Window: (default)
> External IP Address: 200.xxx.xx.xx
> Internal IP Address: 10.xx.xx.xxx
> Browser: MSIE 6.0; SV1
> IE current cache: 54 MB
> IE max cache: 80 MB
>
> I put Xs in for some of the numbers above for security reasons.
> http://www.whatismyip.com/ gives me that same IP address as the above
> external IP address.
> I'm pretty knowledgeable with PCs but not with networking. Thank you for
> your help.
>
> Daniel
>
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> "Bill Sanderson" <Bill_Sanderson@msn.com.plugh.org> wrote in message
> news:OLiQIJ1pEHA.3988@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
>> Can the client ping the host machine?
>>
>> Running with no firewall at all is risky.
>>
>> Are you certain that there are no other software firewalls involved?
>> Have you checked that the IP address as seen by the host is the same IP
>> address as seen by going to :
>>
>> http://whatismyip.com/
>>
>> from the host--I'm trying to be sure that the ISP isn't running a
>> transparent proxy.
>>
>>
>> "Daniel Rascoe" <danielrascoe@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:O70QMl0pEHA.592@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
>>> The client cannot connect to the host. This is over the public internet.
>>> The client is in New Jersey. The host is in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The
>>> connection in Brazil is very slow, sometimes as slow as 20 kbps with
>>> high ping times. The client is running Win2K SP4. The host is running
>>> WinXP Pro SP2. Remote Desktop is enabled in the remote tab of the system
>>> control panel. The client is using the remote desktop client software
>>> and is typing in the IP of the host to try to connect. Offhand I don't
>>> remember the exact text of the error message but it was generic
>>> sounding, "unable to estable a connection". The host has the windows
>>> firewall turned off. The host is directly connected to the internet and
>>> is not using a router. What other details would be helpful in diagnosing
>>> the problem?
>>>
>>> Thanks for the reply.
>>>
>>> Daniel
>>>
>>> "Sooner Al" <SoonerAl@somewhere.net.invalid> wrote in message
>>> news:OKaBkSzpEHA.3668@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
>>>> What error or problem are you having? Be specific as possible. Is this
>>>> over a LAN? Is this over the public internet? Is Remote Desktop enabled
>>>> on the XP Pro box? How are you calling from the W2K box to the XP Pro
>>>> box, ie. using the IP of the XP box or a host name?
>>>>
>>>> If the XP Pro box is behind a firewall/NAT/router you need to open TCP
>>>> Port 3389. Call using the public IP of the firewall/NAT/router. Also,
>>>> is the SP2 Windows Firewall enabled? If so, you need to get into the
>>>> "Exceptions" window and configure Remote Desktop by checking the
>>>> checkbox.
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Al Jarvi (MS-MVP Windows Networking)
>>>>
>>>> Please post *ALL* questions and replies to the news group for the
>>>> mutual benefit of all of us...
>>>> The MS-MVP Program - http://mvp.support.microsoft.com
>>>> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
>>>> rights...
>>>>
>>>> "Daniel Rascoe" <danielrascoe@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>>>> news:uWcXgOzpEHA.3464@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
>>>>>I want to remotely control a computer that has Windows XP Pro SP2 on
>>>>>it. I'd like to use remote desktop in the simpliest configuration. Can
>>>>>I use RD without a VPN connection? Should I be using something other
>>>>>than RD? FYI, the client computer is running windows 2000 pro SP4. I've
>>>>>followed the directions at
>>>>> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/mobility/getstarted/remoteintro.mspx
>>>>> But I can't seem to get RD to work.
>>>>>
>>>>> Daniel
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
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