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Question on port forwarding and Remote Desktop
It is my understanding that you must Port Forward 3389 in order to use
Remote Desktop via the Internet. My questions - must you do this for both your router and the Windows Firewall and must you forward both TCP & URL? Since I'm running XP Pro on a LAN, must I include forwarding for each of the pc's I want to access? TIA |
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Question on port forwarding and Remote Desktop
On Mar 13, 10:45*am, "Jim" wrote:
It is my understanding that you must Port Forward 3389 in order to use Remote Desktop via the Internet. My questions - must you do this for both your router and the Windows Firewall and must you forward both TCP & URL? Since I'm running XP Pro on a LAN, must I include forwarding for each of the pc's I want to access? TIA Port forward is only done at the router. You just need to permit Remote Desktop to "pass-thru" the firewall. Also, it should be UDP and not URL. |
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Question on port forwarding and Remote Desktop
On Mar 13, 10:45*am, "Jim" wrote:
It is my understanding that you must Port Forward 3389 in order to use Remote Desktop via the Internet. My questions - must you do this for both your router and the Windows Firewall and must you forward both TCP & URL? Since I'm running XP Pro on a LAN, must I include forwarding for each of the pc's I want to access? TIA Port forward is only done at the router. You just need to permit Remote Desktop to "pass-thru" the firewall. Also, it should be UDP and not URL. |
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Question on port forwarding and Remote Desktop
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Ports have be forward in the receiving computer (I.e. the one that is controlled from the outside). The forwarding has to be done through all devices, and software applications that blocks ports. Typically it is the Router and software Firewall. Jack (MS, MVP-Networking) "Jim" wrote in message ... It is my understanding that you must Port Forward 3389 in order to use Remote Desktop via the Internet. My questions - must you do this for both your router and the Windows Firewall and must you forward both TCP & URL? Since I'm running XP Pro on a LAN, must I include forwarding for each of the pc's I want to access? TIA |
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Question on port forwarding and Remote Desktop
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Ports have be forward in the receiving computer (I.e. the one that is controlled from the outside). The forwarding has to be done through all devices, and software applications that blocks ports. Typically it is the Router and software Firewall. Jack (MS, MVP-Networking) "Jim" wrote in message ... It is my understanding that you must Port Forward 3389 in order to use Remote Desktop via the Internet. My questions - must you do this for both your router and the Windows Firewall and must you forward both TCP & URL? Since I'm running XP Pro on a LAN, must I include forwarding for each of the pc's I want to access? TIA |
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Question on port forwarding and Remote Desktop
Jim wrote:
It is my understanding that you must Port Forward 3389 in order to use Remote Desktop via the Internet. My questions - must you do this for both your router and the Windows Firewall The windows firewall has to have the port set as an an exception, yes. and must you forward both TCP & URL? URL? No, I don't know what you mean. If you mean UDP, then no. Since I'm running XP Pro on a LAN, must I include forwarding for each of the pc's I want to access? You can't do this if you don't have multiple public IPs bound to the WAN interface on your router, and one to one NATs set up for each public to private. Otherwise, you'll need to change the listening port for each computer in the registry (e.g., 3390, 3391, etc) and make sure they're set with non-changing private IP addresses. Then set up custom exceptions in each PCs firewall for those ports. Then set up a rule for each in the firewall This is a pain - you might consider an SSL VPN appliance like the SonicWALL or Netgear lines which will let you access your desktops via a web page / menu, and none of this nonsense. TIA |
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Question on port forwarding and Remote Desktop
Jim wrote:
It is my understanding that you must Port Forward 3389 in order to use Remote Desktop via the Internet. My questions - must you do this for both your router and the Windows Firewall The windows firewall has to have the port set as an an exception, yes. and must you forward both TCP & URL? URL? No, I don't know what you mean. If you mean UDP, then no. Since I'm running XP Pro on a LAN, must I include forwarding for each of the pc's I want to access? You can't do this if you don't have multiple public IPs bound to the WAN interface on your router, and one to one NATs set up for each public to private. Otherwise, you'll need to change the listening port for each computer in the registry (e.g., 3390, 3391, etc) and make sure they're set with non-changing private IP addresses. Then set up custom exceptions in each PCs firewall for those ports. Then set up a rule for each in the firewall This is a pain - you might consider an SSL VPN appliance like the SonicWALL or Netgear lines which will let you access your desktops via a web page / menu, and none of this nonsense. TIA |
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Question on port forwarding and Remote Desktop
Thanks to all who responded
"Jim" wrote in message ... It is my understanding that you must Port Forward 3389 in order to use Remote Desktop via the Internet. My questions - must you do this for both your router and the Windows Firewall and must you forward both TCP & URL? Since I'm running XP Pro on a LAN, must I include forwarding for each of the pc's I want to access? TIA |
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Question on port forwarding and Remote Desktop
Thanks to all who responded
"Jim" wrote in message ... It is my understanding that you must Port Forward 3389 in order to use Remote Desktop via the Internet. My questions - must you do this for both your router and the Windows Firewall and must you forward both TCP & URL? Since I'm running XP Pro on a LAN, must I include forwarding for each of the pc's I want to access? TIA |
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