Remote Desktop 2

[cranebill]

To do a remote desktop from home i know you have to do ome port forwarding etc...

What happens if I want to be able to access multiple computers from home... for example. I am about to have surgery and will be home bound for a couple weeks. I need to be able to access any computer at work for trouble shooting purposes should the need arise. I have been able to use remote desktop for my machine but what about others since I may need more than one port since 3389 or whatever is already used for my work machine.

Any help appreciated.

Bill

 

[MattWray]

Is it possible to connect from your work machine to the others? Are they on the same network? I commonly do this. I connect to our remote connection server and from there I can make multiple TS connections to any other machine on the network...

Thanks,

Matt Wray

GFH

http://www.sss-steel.com

 

[cranebill]

Yes all these computers that I will have to connect to are on the same network. I understand a little bit what your saying but not exactly sure how to set it up. Should I connect to the Server which is running TS in Admin mode and connect to LAN computers that way? If so how do I do that? Or connect to my machine(not the server) and connect to other machines that way?

Bill

 

[MattWray]

Assuming you have all the security issues worked out, I'd keep connecting to your own machine, maybe.

What OS does your machine have? If it is XP, it has a built-in TS client. You can run MSTSC and Terminal into any machine you have running Terminal services.

If it is 2k, you will need to install the TS client onto it. I know you can download it from MS, and I think you can also just copy the MSTSC and the associated dll into the same directory on your machine and run them that way instead...

Thanks,

Matt Wray

GFH

http://www.sss-steel.com

 

[bcastner]

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/downloads/rdclientdl.asp

 

[bcastner]

In the alternative, you could assign unique listening ports for each workstation, and forward them as appropriate in the router.

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;306759

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=304304

 

[cranebill]

All the computers at work are XP pro so it should have this software... so basically I should connect to my work machine through my server(acting as a router) using port 3389.... then from my work machine hit the other machines using remote desktop?

Bill

 

[cranebill]

How can a person determine what ports will not be used by another application so I do not duplicate. Also will i need to make all the ip addresses on the machines static instead of dynamic or can I use computer name from home?

Bill

 

[bcastner]

Do not worry about other applications using the port; just use the range 3389+ for each assignment. These are listening ports, so outgoing traffic on a duplicated port are not a concern.

You will not be able to use computer names from home. Your HOSTS file will not permit port assignments.