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I have my home PC running Windows XP Pro with remote desktop properly setup.
I have a linksys wired/wireless router with port forwarding correctly set up
on port 3389. I know it works because I have a laptop running XP home that
connects wirelessly through the same router and can access the desktop. The
problem is that when I take the laptop to my office or to anywhere else for
that matter and attempt to connect to the home desktop, I get a client-side
protocol error that isn't letting me try to access the home PC running XP
pro. I know for a fact that the routers & firewalls & NAT settings at any of
these places that I try to connect from other than my home are not blocking
outbound access to port 3389. I figure it must be something with my router at
home. It is a DHCP IP address that is assigned by my cable-modem ISP but it
hasn't changed in ages since it used a long lease (I have confirmed over and
over that the IP hasn't changed by going to whatismyip.com). I also have
correctly set up the port forwarding in my linksys router to forward to the
appropriate device at home since the xp pro machine is plugged into the #2
slot (again I know this works since I am able to correctly connect to it from
the laptop while home ). My question is this: why can I connect to it
seamlessly from within my home network but not anywhere else?
I have a linksys wired/wireless router with port forwarding correctly set up
on port 3389. I know it works because I have a laptop running XP home that
connects wirelessly through the same router and can access the desktop. The
problem is that when I take the laptop to my office or to anywhere else for
that matter and attempt to connect to the home desktop, I get a client-side
protocol error that isn't letting me try to access the home PC running XP
pro. I know for a fact that the routers & firewalls & NAT settings at any of
these places that I try to connect from other than my home are not blocking
outbound access to port 3389. I figure it must be something with my router at
home. It is a DHCP IP address that is assigned by my cable-modem ISP but it
hasn't changed in ages since it used a long lease (I have confirmed over and
over that the IP hasn't changed by going to whatismyip.com). I also have
correctly set up the port forwarding in my linksys router to forward to the
appropriate device at home since the xp pro machine is plugged into the #2
slot (again I know this works since I am able to correctly connect to it from
the laptop while home ). My question is this: why can I connect to it
seamlessly from within my home network but not anywhere else?