Re: RD works via lan but not via internet

When you say it "doesn't work from a second internal pc" do you mean your
trying to call over your private LAN but using the public IP of your router?
To call another PC (ie. PC1) on your local private LAN from another PC (ie.
PC2) on the same LAN use the private LAN IP of PC1. Its not a valid test to
call the public IP for the router from PC2 and expect to connect to PC1.

http://theillustratednetwork.mvps.org/RemoteDesktop/TroubleshootingDiagrams/Basic.html

To test connectivity through the router you need to be on a remote system
(ie. at work or a friends house) then call PC1 using the public IP of the
router.

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"cliffdi" <cliffdi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:38BB1237-33C1-442D-A4D5-05D2FCF04432@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Hi
>
> I think I have exactly the same problem. I'm using a DLink DSL 504 ADSL
> router and the RDC connection works fine specifying the internal IP
> address
> of my RDC host but not the router's public address. Again, I'm using NAT,
> forwarding the RDC port to a statically assigned internal address on the
> RDC
> host PC. No problems connecting to the RDC host's 3389 port from
> canyouseeme.org.
>
> Al, can you explain why this doesn't work from a second internal pc
> (presumably something to do with NAT)?
>
> Thanks and regards
>
> Cliff
>


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