Re: Remote desktop only working with one pc

I thought your post looked familiar...:-)

http://www.broadbandreports.com/forum/remark,14848651

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"Sooner Al [MVP]" <SoonerAl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Well, if you can connect to each PC over the local LAN from another PC on
> the local LAN then it comes down to a port forwarding issue with the
> router or the DSL modem. You can run the http://www.canyouseeme.org test
> from each PC. If the test fails then you need to resolve the port
> forwarding issue. You can isolate further by removing the router and
> connecting each PC individually to the modem. If the test still fails then
> its an issue with the DSL modem. Some DSL modems also act as routers so
> you would need to figure out how to forward ports through the modem...
>
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> "ivwshane" <ivwshane@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>> I don't think this is a MS issue but I've tried everywhere and everything
>> else.
>> I need to remotely access computers at work for troubleshooting.
>>
>> They are behind a dsl modem (with a static WAN IP) and then behind a NAT
>> router.
>>
>> I have five machines, each with a static IP, each has been setup to use
>> and
>> allow remote desktop connections all using different RDP ports (ie 3391,
>> 3392, 3393, etc). On the router, all ports have been forwarded to the
>> respective IP's, ie: port 3391 gets forwarded to 192.168.1.3 port 3391.
>> Windows firewall has also been turned off on all machines and there isn't
>> any
>> other firewall programs running.
>>
>> So a remote desktop logon looks like this:
>>
>> internetIPofRemotePC:339x
>>
>>
>> So here is the problem, I can only connect remotely to one computer, when
>> trying to connect to the other machines (not at the same time) I get an
>> unable to connect error. All settings are the same on each computer.
>>
>> I can however connect to each computer locally when connected to the lan.
>> So
>> that tells me that remote desktop is working properly but either the
>> router
>> or the modem is configured incorrectly.
>>
>> When I connect internally I can connect using the IP of the lan machine
>> or
>> it's computer name both followed by the unique RDP port,
>>
>> If it matters, the dsl modem is a netopia 3546 002 and the router is a
>> linksys wrt51ag.
>>
>>
>> Any ideas?
>
>


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