Re: Remote Access

Tim wrote:
Just for fun, I tried the WinXP Pro Remote Desktop Connection and logged onto our server as administrator. However, this was from one of the workstations and when I tried the same thing from home and from my laptop, I could not connect. So, I'm assuming I was succesful the first time because it was a computer already on the network.

Question is, how can I be succesful with the laptop? Thanks.

Nobody's being too helpful, are they?

There are two safe ways: both involve running the Connect to Internet
wizard on the server, telling it you want RWW (Remote Web Workplace) and
giving it the fully-qualified name of your public IP address. A
certificate is created for using the HTTPS protocol. This may have
happened already if the SBS has been configured for this or Outlook
Web Access previously.

The Internet router at the SBS end needs to be configured to forward
TCP/IP ports 443 and 4125 to the SBS. Again, this may have been done.

Now, https://<FQDN>/remote will get you the RWW page using IE6 or 7. If
you connect with administrator credentials you will be offered the
choice of connecting to the server desktop, otherwise not. All users
with RWW permission are offered RDC connections to suitably enabled
workstations, and a few other options.

Or https://<FQDN>/tsweb will get an administrator straight to the server
desktop.

Both methods use an ActiveX control, which is downloaded to the client
the first time this is done. Your IE settings may not permit this, so
you may need to designate the download site as trusted.

On the LAN, you used the Remote Desktop client, which connects to port
3389, as Leythos said. What he also said was that it is a bad idea to
open this port to the Internet. RWW uses the same protocol, but uses
an ActiveX client, and connects through 4125. Multiple connections to
this port from different locations allow several people to use RWW to
control different LAN workstations at the same time. Up to two
simultaneous connections by administrators to the server are allowed.
.

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