Using Remote Desktop with IP address or DNS name

[Chuckie]

Did anyone get Remote Desktop to work with IP address or DNS name as
computer name? Each side of the client and server is gated by a Linksys
router. Went through opening port 3389 and registering with dyndns.org to
get dynamic dns name. Still, can't get dynamic dns like something.dyndns.org
or 1.2.3.4 or 1.2.3.4:3389 to be accepted as valid computer name. Any help
is appreciated.

 

[Michael Culley]

Some things to check (some of these are obvious but I'll put them anyway):
You need to not only open port 3389 but also to route packets coming into
3389 to your machine's private IP.
You need to enable remote connections (control panel-system-remote
something).
You need to register you public IP address with your ddns, not your private
ip.

If you've got all of that then it should work.

HTH