Cannot connect more than 1 remote user per remote site

[Guest]

Hi,
Users are able to connect remotely to my server using RDP without problems.
The only issue is that when there are more than 1 users at the same remote
site, connected to the internet through a router (i've tried several brands:
linksys, dlink, netopia) the second user either is not able to establish a
connection or kicks-out the first user. It's like if they were competing for
the public IP address....
This is kind of a NAT-related issue or maybe a server one.
Thanks for your help.

 

[Guest]

Are they logging on witht he same credentials? By default (in 2003) each
user account is limited to a single session (which can be changed in
tscc.msc). If users were using the same username & password as another user,
what you're describing would happen.

Patrick Rouse
Microsoft MVP - Terminal Server
http://www.workthin.com

 

[Guest]

Patrick,
No, each user logs in with its own username and password.
Juan

 

[Guest]

What happens when you try to logon the same users from computers on the local
(to the TS) network?

 

[Guest]

Patrick,
Users that log in the LAN have not problem at all. Usually there are 10-15
local users. About 5-10 remote users in 3 different sites.
Tks,
Juan

 

[Guest]

This is normally an issue with the NAT features with your router. Basically
it is handling a NAT request from the remote office's public ip.

Long story short, either look into a firewall that supports PAT, or a
Hardware VPN solution between your sites.

I had a customer that wanted to publish TS to the net. I racked my brains
out trying to get this done. My options were to get a block of IP addresses
from my ISP and buy a Expensive router. The other option was to buy three
inexpensive router (We chose Watchguard Soho's http://www.watchguard.com )
build a site to site VPN. This increased security and open a lot more
options.