Re: SETUP Terminal Services on Win 2003
- From: "Praful Varsani" <PrafulVarsani@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 28 Oct 2005 02:09:02 -0700
"moncho" wrote:
>
> "Praful Varsani" <Praful Varsani@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:8578E0AC-C67C-4C74-A121-8357EA164E52@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Hi, I am new to Terminal services but I have a questions in terms of how
> > do I
> > connect my clients on the same network and remote users to my Terminal
> > server 2003. Firstly do I need a VPN tunnel or VPN connection setup from
> > remote user end , secondly do I need two NICS cards in the server and
> > thirdly do I need a Free static IP address for my remote users to connect.
> > I
> > have licences for 5 users and need a quick good reliable setup any ideas
> > guy's.
>
> There are many answers to your questions.
>
> 1. The TS server can go on the web if you secure it well enough.
> A. Port forward 3389 in your firewall to the TS IP address
> B. You can then setup drive and printer mapping for your users
>
> 2. You can use a VPN also if you have the proper hardware.
> A. This will then make the users look like they are on your internal
> network, thus they only need to connect to the internal IP address
> of your TS server.
> B. I prefer a VPN because of the security alert about RDP. I do not
> know if it is fixed yet or not. Someone else can expand on this.
>
> > One final question,if I don't need VPN tunnel/connections how do I connect
> > my remote users to my office and if I do need a VPN, how do tell my home
> > users to point to the terminal server, does this work by adding the static
> > ip
> > by vpn wizard and the second nic card (WAN) can be the second IP i
> > receive
> > from my isp. Please advise a step by step how can i go about doing this. I
> > have already installed windows 2003 and installed TS and the server is a
> > TS
> > now. Do i install the TS client software from systems32\tsclient etc or i
> > can
> > use RDP while in the office but how about the Home users, need a good
> > security here and do i need the Web RDC to connect home users ot the
> > office
> > network, i am totally totally confussed by gathering a mass amount of info
> > ref: Terminal Setup...PLEASE PLEASE HELP???????
>
> If your clients have Windows XP, they alread have RDP on their machine. If
> less
> than that, you can download it from MS. Someone may already have a link or
> search this group in Google.
>
> Watchout with VPN's though, other users have experienced disconnects when
> home users use ADSL (depends on the home users hardware) including
> myself.
>
> moncho
> In the words of Dennis Miller, "That is just my opinion, I could be wrong."
>
>
> Thanks for the info.
What if i don't place the TS server on the web , how will the RDP Users
connect to the TS from home and do i still need to do the port forwarding
3389 to the ts ip addrress??is the RDP exactly the same as the Terminal
Services Web Client and is this used when the TS is on the WEB?
.
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