Re: RWW via VPN only partially working

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First, let me say that I agree with others that RWW is really designed to allow access without falling back to VPN. If you have a VPN, might as well use RDP instead of RWW. But hey, you have a system that worked for you...why complicate things? ;)

So with that out of the way, Vista's firewall is a little more aggressive than XP's. You'll have to use the GPMC in Vista (or the downloadable one for Vista SP1) and use the advanced firewall snap-in to open your RWW ports already mentioned in this thread. That'll get you back up and running in your current config.

-Cliff

"Mitch Reno" <mitch@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:D2FD8658-6772-45A3-9899-6FDF6B37B079@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
I don't have a registered domain name. The domain we use ends with .local .
The ip address doesn't get me through either. In fact less connectivity than
if I use the VPN that has been created.
--
Mitch


"SteveB" wrote:

Do you have a registered domain name? If so you can use something like
https://remote.domain.com/remote with the proper externally hosted DNS
records and rerunning the CEICW. Otherwise you can use the external address.
As Colin says there's no need for the extra configuration of VPN and
potential security risks.

"Mitch Reno" <mitch@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:C2B2FC7F-D35A-453B-A083-9394874289B0@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Maybe I'm misunderstanding something, but our Server's URL ends with a
> .local. I thought to access RWW directly I needed a publicly available
> URL.
> Or do I get to it just using the external IP address?
>
> Thanks for your help.
> -- > Mitch
>
>
> "Colin" wrote:
>
>> Hi Mitch,
>>
>> Why are you trying to use RWW via VPN ? You can do away with the VPN >> and
>> use
>> RWW on it's own. Much more secure and also faster. Were the Vista PC's
>> connected to the domain via CEICW ? If so, make sure ports 443 and >> 4125
>> are
>> forwarded from your firewall to your server and you should be good to >> go.
>>
>> Regards Colin.
>>
>> "Mitch Reno" <mitch@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:907AF4A9-6A1F-490A-8DBB-258BB4DB4D0D@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> >I have an SBS2003 network with three workstations running Vista
>> >Business.
>> > Before I changed out the network workstations to new machines >> > running
>> > Vista
>> > Business, I could connect via VPN and use RWW to access my old
>> > networked
>> > XP
>> > desktops. NOW I can connect via VPN to the SBS server and get to >> > the
>> > RWW
>> > screen from my laptop at home (which is running Vista Home Premium). >> > I
>> > can
>> > access the help desk screen. I can use Outlook web access. But I
>> > can't
>> > get
>> > to the main objects I need; which are the desktops. I keep getting >> > the
>> > message that the computer to which I am trying to connect - must be
>> > turned
>> > off.
>> >
>> > Any suggestions would be appreciated.
>> >
>> > -- >> > Mitch
>>




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