Connecting to remote desktop thru Putty Tunnel.

[Lyall Pearce]

I want to connect from my office XP Pro PC to a remote PC through a
Putty (ssh) tunnel.
I have established the tunnel as local port 6503 (for want of a better
number) to the ip:3389 of the remote pc.
When I try use Remote Desktop on my office pc, I put '127.0.0.1:6503'
in the 'computer' field and I keep getting 'The client could not
connect. You are already connected to the console of this computer...'

I have also tried 'localhost:6503'

I checked the Putty event log and my PC has not even tried to
establish a connection through the tunnel, it is ignoring my 'port
nubmer' and connecting to the default, which is my PC, not the remote
one.

I can 'telnet localhost 6503' and obtain a connection, showing that my
tunnel works.

Can anyone help me on this?

Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.

....Lyall

 

[Sooner Al]

Look at this FAQ...

http://www.remotenetworktechnology.com/Default.aspx?tabid=36

Item 8 in the "Connectivity Issues" section...

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[Jeffrey Randow (MVP)]

Note that this behavior has changed a bit with SP2.. Alternate
Localhost addresses aren't accessible until a patch is installed...

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[Guest]

Thank you both, works (for now), until SP2 comes in.

Jeffrey, It would be nice to know what this 'patch' is or where to find the
'fixed' remote desktop program (seeing the FAQ had a broken link)

....Lyall

 

[Jeffrey Randow (MVP)]

See http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;[LN];884020
for more information...


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On Thu, 19 Aug 2004 22:57:02 -0700, Lyall Pearce <Lyall

 

[Bill Sanderson]

Here's the patch involved:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;[LN];884020

You must call PSS to get it--use the instructions in the article. You will
not be charged.

I'm not sure about the other issue you refer to.

 

[Jeffrey Randow (MVP)]

The alternative client is at http://www.wissh.com/

Which FAQ version did you find the bad link at?

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