Remote Desktop Connection

[mjhughesmp]

I am trying to connect to my work computer from home
using Remote Desktop Connection. I have entered my IP
address and I end up connecting to my server workstation
and not my one workstation at my desk? I hope you can
understand that.

How can I get connected to my computer at my desk not the
server workstation?

Regards.

 

[Bill Sanderson]

OK - You've got a network at work consisting of (at least!) one XP Pro
machine and a server running Windows 2000 or newer, and a router.

The router is set to route unsolicited inbound traffic on port 3389, TCP to
the server. You have admin permissions on that server, or, perhaps, the
server is running Terminal Services in Application server mode.

If you want to see the desktop of your XP machine, you can either run MSTSC
from within the TS session you establish with the server (this works fine--I
often do it)

Or, establish a VPN connection through the router to the server. Properly
configured, a VPN session will allow you to run Remote Desktop and connect
to your XP machine.

 

[jon tipping]

I have a similar senerio.
I tried changing the listening port of TS on an XP box
from 3389 to 3390 and directing traffic through the
firewall on port 3390 to the IP of the XP box. This has
not worked for me. I spoke to someone else and they
indicated port translation would be a better method.
Is there a way to do port translation on a 2000 server to
redirect and convert to 3389 from 3390?

 

[mjhughesmp]

Bill:

The two examples you told me use an MSTSC or establish a
VPN connection.

Can you tell me how to create an MSTSC?

When I tried to establish a VPN connection i received an

"Error 800: Undable to establish the VPN connection. The
VPN server may be unreachable, or security parameters may
not be configured properly for this connection."

Any insight will be appreciated, thank you.

Regards.

mjhughesmp

 

[Bill Sanderson]

Sorry, shorthand: MSTSC is the name of the Remote Desktop Connection
executable.

Just run the Remote Desktop Connection software.

VPN connections must be configured at the server and enabled through
whatever router or firewall connects the network to the Internet. Check the
help files for the server for instructions on getting that going.