How to configure router port forwarding to different computers...

[Guest]

Hi! I was able to use router's port forwarding feature to forward one port (3389) to one computer wihtin the companies network, all remote desktop connection request from outside the network connects successfully to that one computer in the office, but when I was trying to create forwarding to other computer inside the company's network, it doesn't work, for example i use port forwarding for port 3389 to 192.168.1.100 and port 3390 to 192.168.1.110, when I connect from home only the port 3389 work, meaning I can only access 192.168.1.100.

I have also tried changing the default listening port from home computer and the computer that 192.168.1.110 is pointed to port 3390, the same did not work...

Is it possible to connect to different computer within an office network using router forwarding feature???

Thank you very much...

 

[Sooner Al]

Look at this small page that may help. It has examples of both "Port Redirection" and "Port
Forwarding" using the XP ICF and a Linksys BEFSR41 router as examples.

http://www.oecadvantage.net/ajarvi/Multiple_PC_RD.html

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Hi! I was able to use router's port forwarding feature to forward one port (3389) to one computer

wihtin the companies network, all remote desktop connection request from outside the network
connects successfully to that one computer in the office, but when I was trying to create forwarding
to other computer inside the company's network, it doesn't work, for example i use port forwarding
for port 3389 to 192.168.1.100 and port 3390 to 192.168.1.110, when I connect from home only the
port 3389 work, meaning I can only access 192.168.1.100.

I have also tried changing the default listening port from home computer and the computer that

192.168.1.110 is pointed to port 3390, the same did not work...

 

[Guest]

Peter did you ever get this resolved? I am having similar problems and have read the information the other 2, but some of it is specific to Linksys and is a little confusing.


----- Peter KGC wrote: -----

Hi! I was able to use router's port forwarding feature to forward one port (3389) to one computer wihtin the companies network, all remote desktop connection request from outside the network connects successfully to that one computer in the office, but when I was trying to create forwarding to other computer inside the company's network, it doesn't work, for example i use port forwarding for port 3389 to 192.168.1.100 and port 3390 to 192.168.1.110, when I connect from home only the port 3389 work, meaning I can only access 192.168.1.100.

I have also tried changing the default listening port from home computer and the computer that 192.168.1.110 is pointed to port 3390, the same did not work...

Is it possible to connect to different computer within an office network using router forwarding feature???

Thank you very much...

 

[Jeffrey Randow (MVP)]

Yes...

Scenario (a)
If your router supports different incoming and destination port, you
can point incoming port TCP 3390 to point to destination port 3389 on
computer x.x.x.x, etc.

Scenario (b)
If your router doesn't support this, you need to change your
listening ports on the other computers by referring to
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=306759.

If you follow scenario (a), you would access the various computer by
just name or IP address when on the local LAN. For scenario (b), you
would connect to these computers by supplying both the name and the
port number (in the form compipornameort).

For connections from outside your router (the WAN or Internet), you
will specify the public IP address and the port number (i.e., to
access computer a, you would connect to pub.lic.ip.add:3390, computer
b - pub.lic.ip.add:3391, etc).

HTH.

Jeffrey Randow (Windows Net. & Smart Display MVP)
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