Cannot RDP via Hardware VPN tunnel

[gmannatl]

I have found several people with this issue while scouring the web, but I can't seem to find a solution.

I have a new 2008 domain setup for our office. While in the office on my laptop (joined to the domain) I can RDP to all of my servers fine. However, from home I can not RDP via a hardware based VPN tunnel I have established. All other features work great except RDP. I have opened 3389 through my firewall and if I establish the RDP session to the public IP and use port forwarding it works fine, just not through the VPN tunnel.

I can only assume that because RDP is encrypted that maybe the VPN encryption is conflicting somehow!?!?

Any help is greatly appreciated.

 

[mrdenny]

Fire up wireshark and see where the disconnect is happening between your computer and the computer on the remote end.

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[w33mhz]

This sounds more along the lines of a networking issue i.e. routing, or acl. It is possible that your computer that you are RDPing into doesn't have a route to the VPN network. Also possible that you need to manually Allow traffic on 3389 from you corp network to the VPN subnet.

Windows Haiku:

Serious error.
All shortcuts have disappeared.
Screen. Mind. Both are blank.

 

[w33mhz]

What is the device that is hosting the VPN?

Can you access other services on your corp net from the VPN?

Can anything on the corp net access the VPN i.e. ping a device using the vpn.

Windows Haiku:

Serious error.
All shortcuts have disappeared.
Screen. Mind. Both are blank.

 

[jamykid]

I might be missing something here, but depending on your firewall, you most likely can only use the ip, not a friendly name. You will also need to ensure that the firewall rules allow traffic over the vpn to the local netowork or specific machine.