Connect to Win2k through Router

[Dronealone]

Hi,

I have an ADSL router with 5 PCs behind it. There is currently no firewall in between. Can you tell me how I can get Remote Desktop to connect to one of these PCs as they have no external IP address.

Thanks

 

[bcastner]

You need to "Port forward" TCP port 3389 to the NAT IP address of the individual machine.

Most small routers support the ability to use static IPs, as long as they do not conflict with the DHCP assigned scope of the router.

Let say I have a Linksys router. Its default DHCP scope is 192.168.1.100 -- 192.168.1.149. The router itself uses as its own IP 192.168.1.1

I assign the machine for Remote Desktop the IP 192.168.1.2 (note -- does not conflict with the DHCP scope) under TCP/IP Properties on that workstation.

I enter the router setup pages, Advanced, Port Forwarding, and I forward 3389-3389, Both TCP and UDP, to IP 192.168.1.2

I save those settings.

The last step is to tell the remote client what IP address to use. I can gather that information from the router setup page under 'Status', or run one of several web sites that will return the information:

http://www.lawrencegoetz.com/programs/ipinfo/

I phone or email the remote person with the information. (You can also in many cases use free DynDNS sites).

 

[noobtechie]

You can't connect through remote desktop connection unless it's an xp machine. If it is an xp, check this link

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/using/howto/gomobile/remotedesktop/default.asp

if it's not, then try using netmeeting (if you don't want to spend money) or pcanywhere (about $50 or so). To find your internal ip address, go to start\run\type cmd\type ipconfig /all.



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[Dronealone]

Thanks guys, everything I needed to know!

 

[bcastner]

MS offers RD clients for the Win9x, NT, Win2k, and Macintosh.

You cannot be an RD host, but you can be a client if not XP.

The restriction is that you cannot use the XP Remote Assistance feature unless XP-to-XP. But RD client is available.

 

[noobtechie]

Hi there bill,

Yes you are right, M$ offers clients but in his case, he's trying to connect to "one of" his pc's, it would require one of them to be a host. As far as xp, yes you can connect to an xp pro machine from a w2k pc, I just confirmed it, I connected mine (w2k) to my coworker's pc (xp pro) through remote desktop connection.

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There is no place like 127.0.0.1

 

[bcastner]

Good job.

The RD feature is a nice feature of XP, but I did not want to leave everyone with the impression that it was exclusively XP-to-XP.

Best,
Bill Castner

 

[mak2112]

Hey Guys,

i am a little confused, and i think i am trying to achieve the same thing. I have a win2k computer that i want to be able to connect to using Remote Desktop through an XP machine. the two are on the same network. How do i get my win2k machine to allow remote connection. any help would be great.

thanks

 

[bcastner]

You cannot XP as RD client to Win2k as RD host, as Win2k does not include the Remote Desktop client software. This is a feature of Windows XP Professional only.