lost connection, any idea why?

[Herb Segal]

I had remote conenction working fine then I retype the computer address from

smtp.XXXXXX.com:3390

to:

smtp.XXXXXX.com:3391

I tried the orig connection and now I lost that also. How can I get it back.

 

[John]

I had remote conenction working fine then I retype the computer address
from

smtp.XXXXXX.com:3390

to:

smtp.XXXXXX.com:3391

I tried the orig connection and now I lost that also. How can I get it
back.

Remote Desktop Connection is on port 3389.
Did you edit your registry and change it to a different port?

 

[Herb Segal]

no. do I need to edit my office computer of home computer. Can you tell me
where I get the directions to edit registry?

 

[John]

no. do I need to edit my office computer of home computer. Can you tell me
where I get the directions to edit registry?

If you want to use a non-standard port, you have to edit
the registry on the host computer. You specify the port
number after the IP address on the remote computer as
indicated in your first post.

Here are Microsoft's directions to change the port number
on a host computer.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/306759/

 

[Herb Segal]

Thank you very much. I'll try it. I assume this port works on windows as
well as mac.

 

[John]

Thank you very much. I'll try it. I assume this port works on windows as
well as mac.

I've never tried it with a MAC but Microsoft claims
that it does.

http://tinyurl.com/pshn

 

[Herb Segal]

I checked my office computer today and the port# is set to 3389 like you
suggested,however I login using 3390?

Sometimes I can't login at all. Is it possible there is something
conflicting with remote desktop.

 

[John]

I checked my office computer today and the port# is set to 3389 like you
suggested,however I login using 3390?

Sometimes I can't login at all. Is it possible there is something
conflicting with remote desktop.

The only thing that comes to mind is that you may be doing
a port translation in the router. The table in the router where
you specify the IP address of the host computer should
specify the input and output port as 3389. It sounds like
the input port is set to 3390 and the output port is set to 3389.