Remote Desktop Problems

I have worked on this for about a month now and have pulled about 40% of my
hair out. To the best of my knowledge I have everything set up correctly. I
have an office computer with XP Pro (2) and a home computer with XP Pro (2).
The home computer is on a wireless router which to the best of my knowledge
has the correct ports forwarded. The office computer has a router with two
other computers on it. I have those ports forwarded. I have tried both IP
addresses, the one that the router assigns and the true IP address. It never
goes through. I never get to see the connection page. It always says cannot
find page or something like that. It is killing me.

See this page for troubleshooting help...

http://theillustratednetwork.mvps.o...leshooting.html

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"HobieSun" <HobieSun@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:A0930C51-8F75-40E2-A184-0869A0CBC4CB@microsoft.com...
>I have worked on this for about a month now and have pulled about 40% of my
> hair out. To the best of my knowledge I have everything set up correctly. I
> have an office computer with XP Pro (2) and a home computer with XP Pro (2).
> The home computer is on a wireless router which to the best of my knowledge
> has the correct ports forwarded. The office computer has a router with two
> other computers on it. I have those ports forwarded. I have tried both IP
> addresses, the one that the router assigns and the true IP address. It never
> goes through. I never get to see the connection page. It always says cannot
> find page or something like that. It is killing me.

I like www.rethinkit.com for a simplified explanation .
It has proven helpful to me.

"HobieSun" <HobieSun@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:A0930C51-8F75-40E2-A184-0869A0CBC4CB@microsoft.com...
>I have worked on this for about a month now and have pulled about 40% of my
> hair out. To the best of my knowledge I have everything set up correctly.
> I
> have an office computer with XP Pro (2) and a home computer with XP Pro
> (2).
> The home computer is on a wireless router which to the best of my
> knowledge
> has the correct ports forwarded. The office computer has a router with
> two
> other computers on it. I have those ports forwarded. I have tried both
> IP
> addresses, the one that the router assigns and the true IP address. It
> never
> goes through. I never get to see the connection page. It always says
> cannot
> find page or something like that. It is killing me.

Try turning off your firewall and see if that helps. If you can
connect, then you need to open those ports on your firewall.
Just a simple thought



On Tue, 24 May 2005 10:38:06 -0700, "HobieSun"
<HobieSun@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>I have worked on this for about a month now and have pulled about 40% of my
>hair out. To the best of my knowledge I have everything set up correctly. I
>have an office computer with XP Pro (2) and a home computer with XP Pro (2).
>The home computer is on a wireless router which to the best of my knowledge
>has the correct ports forwarded. The office computer has a router with two
>other computers on it. I have those ports forwarded. I have tried both IP
>addresses, the one that the router assigns and the true IP address. It never
>goes through. I never get to see the connection page. It always says cannot
>find page or something like that. It is killing me.