Re: Can't establish remote desktop

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From: Tracy (Tracy_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 11/12/04

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    Date: Thu, 11 Nov 2004 21:31:02 -0800

    Thank you Robin, the Router reports the same IP address as Whatsmyip.org. It
    appears the DSL modem is in Bridge mode. I am using an Efficient Networks
    Speedstream 5260 Ethernet ADSL Modem with a NetgearCable/DSL Web Safe Router
    Gateway RP614v2.

    "Robin Walker" wrote:

    > "Tracy" <Tracy@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
    > news:EFF98141-24CB-464D-AA31-1C60C335AE4B@microsoft.com
    > > I have CPU1 (work) XP PRO on LAN with router & DSL modem, laptop @
    > > home (running XP Home) using dial-up. I have red everything
    > > applicable to my issue posted here & still haven't gotten Remote
    > > Desktop working AT ALL.
    >
    > Is the DSL modem a pure modem (a modem in bridge mode), or is it a combined
    > modem-router? If it is a combined modem-router, then you have another layer
    > of NAT (Network Address Translation) which is preventing incoming calls
    > connecting to their intended destination.
    >
    > Ideally, if you have a separate router, then you should configure your DSL
    > modem into bridge-mode, so that the WAN port of your stand-alone router gets
    > a genuine routeable internet address, rather than a local LAN address from a
    > modem-router.
    >
    > > When I try to connect using the ip of the router (confirmed with
    > > "Whatsmyip.com"),
    >
    > Forget whatsmyip.com: many of these external web sites are defeated by the
    > web proxies of your ISP. Use the configuration pages of your router to look
    > up what it thinks its WAN IP address is, and post that in a follow-up to
    > this thread. In particular, we shall want to know whether this IP address
    > is the same as the one found by the external web site.
    >
    > Do not try to use the web-based tool for RDP until you have got direct RDP
    > calls to work, because the web-based version will not work if the direct
    > route is not working.
    >
    > --
    > Robin Walker
    > rdhw@cam.ac.uk
    >
    >
    >

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