Cannot connect to remote desktop!

[ambrosetaylor]

I cannot access remote desktop enabled on my home computer from any
other computer.

My home system is the XPPro host. I have my public IP and have opened
port 3389 in both my software firewall and in my router configuration.
I also enabled IIS service for web remote access and specified port
1977 for the service.

If I try and establish a standard Remote session by typing my public
IP, username, pass, it says
"The client could not connect to the remote computer" blah blah...

If I try the Web Remote connection at: 69.145.xx.xx (public
IP):1977/tsweb I get a page cannot be displayed error.

Could my ISP be blocking the connection? I can't ping my public IP
address either.

 

[Robert L [MVP - Networking]]

Have you enabled ping in the router? Can you telnet those ports?

Bob Lin, MS-MVP, MCSE & CNE
Networking, Internet, Routing, VPN Troubleshooting on http://www.ChicagoTech.net
How to Setup Windows, Network, VPN & Remote Access on http://www.HowToNetworking.com
I cannot access remote desktop enabled on my home computer from any
other computer.

My home system is the XPPro host. I have my public IP and have opened
port 3389 in both my software firewall and in my router configuration.
I also enabled IIS service for web remote access and specified port
1977 for the service.

If I try and establish a standard Remote session by typing my public
IP, username, pass, it says
"The client could not connect to the remote computer" blah blah...

If I try the Web Remote connection at: 69.145.xx.xx (public
IP):1977/tsweb I get a page cannot be displayed error.

Could my ISP be blocking the connection? I can't ping my public IP
address either.