cannot connect to a host behind a router

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I have four computers at work which are all connected to a DI 604 router.
The one I'm trying to connect to has XP pro SP2. I've configured port
forwarding on the router to forward incoming RDC connections to port 3389.
The computer is at 192.168.0.101 on the LAN and that's the location I've
forworded it to. I also made Remote Desktop one of the exceptions on Windows
Firewall. I set up a new network connection on the potential host for
incoming connections. I configured users on the host to allow for incoming
connections to have the proper permissions. All these steps I'm pretty sure
were done correctly, since I was able to connect to the host from a different
client on the LAN. However, I obviously missed something because when I try
to connect from outside the lan I get this error message:

"The client could not connect to the remote computer.

Remote connections might not be enabled or the computer might be too busy to
accept new connections. It is also possible that network problems are
preventing your connection.

Please try connecting again later. If the problem continues to occur,
contact your administrator."

by the way, that's me :(

Any help would be greatly appreciated.
 
dobraf said:
I have four computers at work which are all connected to a DI 604
router.
The one I'm trying to connect to has XP pro SP2. I've configured port
forwarding on the router to forward incoming RDC connections to port
3389. The computer is at 192.168.0.101 on the LAN and that's the
location I've forworded it to. I also made Remote Desktop one of the
exceptions on Windows Firewall. I set up a new network connection on
the potential host for incoming connections. I configured users on
the host to allow for incoming connections to have the proper
permissions. All these steps I'm pretty sure were done correctly,
since I was able to connect to the host from a different client on
the LAN. However, I obviously missed something because when I try to
connect from outside the lan I get this error message:

"The client could not connect to the remote computer.

Remote connections might not be enabled or the computer might be too
busy to accept new connections. It is also possible that network
problems are preventing your connection.

Please try connecting again later. If the problem continues to occur,
contact your administrator."

by the way, that's me :(

Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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Check for updated firmware on your router first.. As the forwarding seems
the obvious point of failure due to the fact you can connect via Remote
Desktop internally.
 
Just out of curiosity, when trying to connect from outside your
LAN, what IP address are
you entering in the Computer box on the General page of Remote
Desktop Connection? You have to enter the public IP address (the
one that is assigned by an ISP). On one of the work computers go
to www.whatsmyip.org. The IP address reported is what you should
be using.
 
I'm using the web ip of the router assigned by my isp. So that is not the
problem I don't think.
 
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