Re: VPN NEWBIE

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so technically I do not need the VPN, I can use RDP and in my router open
ports 3389 with an ip say .24 enable
another port 3390 with an ip say .25 and in remote desktop wanip# or
computername colon(:)3390 and I have to change the listening port in the
registry of that computer from 3389 to 3390? I went by the link you send but
could not find it in the Windows XP Prof. Registry.

"Doug Sherman [MVP]" wrote:

Kirk got it.

Also, if your clients can keep track of port numbers, you can alter these to
allow multiple RDP connections without VPN:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/306759/en-us


Doug Sherman
MCSE, MCSA, MCP+I, MVP

"Donna" <Donna@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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yes I do understand and would rather run RDP instead of VPN but my only
problem is that onle oe workstation at a time can be logged into the
company
network using RDP that is why I have to set up VPN because more than one
user
wants to access their corporate PC from home.

So back to VPN, I do the VPN connection from the home PC to the corporate
PC
and then after connecting run the rdp of the ip of the corporate PC,
right?

"Doug Sherman [MVP]" wrote:

No. \\workstationIP will connect you only to the shared resources on
workstation. Think of this as being the same thing that you would get
if
you brought your home computer to work, connected it to the network, and
then browsed to workstation. You could run programs on your home
computer
and access/use shared data on workstation, but for the most part you
would
not be able to run programs which are installed only on the workstation.

However, if you establish a VPN connection and RDP is enabled on the
workstation, then you should be able to establish an RDP connection by
opening the Remote Desktop client on the home computer and entering the
IP
of the workstation. Of course, if you really want RDP, you don't need
to
use a VPN connection. Instead on the office Internet router or firewall
you
can map port 3389 to the IP of workstation - then you connect by
entering
your public IP in the RDP client on your home computer.

Doug Sherman
MCSE, MCSA, MCP+I, MVP

"Donna" <Donna@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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thank you, so I would just go to Start Run \\workstationip and that
would
connect me to the computer so I can use the desktop programs etc. on
the
workstation?

"Doug Sherman [MVP]" wrote:

Well, actually you could run RDP through the VPN tunnel. Otherwise
a
VPN
connection essentially makes the client the equivalent of a node on
the
internal network; except that you probably would not be able to
browse
through My Network Places. So you connect to shares on a
workstation by
Start/Run \\WorkstationName or \\WorkstationIP.

Doug Sherman
MCSE, MCSA, MCP+I, MVP

"Donna" <Donna@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I kow how to setup w2003 std. srvr. (one nic card) for VPN using
theirdomain.dyndns.org in linksys router and know how to setup xp
vpn
client.
but how does vpn on server know to let client into their
workstation
at
office (not server) like in remote desktop?









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