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Charles Shapiro
I am trying to connect remotely to the work place. I have installed a
Linksys BESFR41v4 4-port wired router (replacing a Netgear router).
Everything about the router
seems to work as designed except I can not connect remotely. I AM able to
ping the WAN IP without problem. At first I was getting a 'protocol error'
(don't remember the exact message), but now I just get an error that says it
can't connect. I also can not get there via Internet Explorer.
I have port forwarding enabled, port 3389 (Remote Desktop) pointing to one
IP on the LAN. After talking to Linksys yesterday they had me enable DMZ
for this one IP.
I have the same router at home and connecting via Remote Desktop or WIN-VNC
is not a problem.
There has to be some setting I am missing that is not allowing the
connection. Forget about the Remote Desktop stuff, I can't even get to the
logon screen to put in the name and password. The password has been
changed, Remote management enabled at port 8080 (default). Linksys tells
me there is nothing else and it should work, but then they conflict whats in
the manual on some things. I have a v4 router (according to the stats
page), but can not find to download the manual for this router as v3 is the
last one listed on their web site. I am reviewing the manual that came on
the CD but have not found anything yet..
One thing I did notice is that the MTU is disabled (by default). Does this
need to be enabled in order to connect remotely?
For whatever reason they (Linksys) always ask how many computers are
connected behind the router. There are 12. Once they get the answer they
never say why they asked. If I have to call them again I will ask if there
is a problem with the number s PC's connected.
Appreciate any help in getting this working.
Thanks.
...Chip..
Linksys BESFR41v4 4-port wired router (replacing a Netgear router).
Everything about the router
seems to work as designed except I can not connect remotely. I AM able to
ping the WAN IP without problem. At first I was getting a 'protocol error'
(don't remember the exact message), but now I just get an error that says it
can't connect. I also can not get there via Internet Explorer.
I have port forwarding enabled, port 3389 (Remote Desktop) pointing to one
IP on the LAN. After talking to Linksys yesterday they had me enable DMZ
for this one IP.
I have the same router at home and connecting via Remote Desktop or WIN-VNC
is not a problem.
There has to be some setting I am missing that is not allowing the
connection. Forget about the Remote Desktop stuff, I can't even get to the
logon screen to put in the name and password. The password has been
changed, Remote management enabled at port 8080 (default). Linksys tells
me there is nothing else and it should work, but then they conflict whats in
the manual on some things. I have a v4 router (according to the stats
page), but can not find to download the manual for this router as v3 is the
last one listed on their web site. I am reviewing the manual that came on
the CD but have not found anything yet..
One thing I did notice is that the MTU is disabled (by default). Does this
need to be enabled in order to connect remotely?
For whatever reason they (Linksys) always ask how many computers are
connected behind the router. There are 12. Once they get the answer they
never say why they asked. If I have to call them again I will ask if there
is a problem with the number s PC's connected.
Appreciate any help in getting this working.
Thanks.
...Chip..