RD and VPN port settings

[Millybags]

Hello all,

I've set my router firewall to accept port 1723 and 3389 for my three
machine LAN for RD and VPN. But, am I right in thinking that I ought to set
up the ports like so:

192.168.1.100 1723 3389
192.168.1.101 1724 3390
192.168.1.102 1725 3391

etc etc.

Thanks
Steve

 

[Robert L [MS-MVP]]

I think the best way to do is setup RDC over VPN. that means you establish the VPN first and from there you can access all computers in the LAN.

TS over VPN Save or export a VPN client settings for others. To use TS over VPN, normally you need to establish VPN using the VPN username and password first. ...
www.howtonetworking.com/VPN/tsovervpn1.htm


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
Hello all,

I've set my router firewall to accept port 1723 and 3389 for my three
machine LAN for RD and VPN. But, am I right in thinking that I ought to set
up the ports like so:

192.168.1.100 1723 3389
192.168.1.101 1724 3390
192.168.1.102 1725 3391

etc etc.

Thanks
Steve

 

[Sooner Al [MVP]]

You really don't need to even establish a VPN in order to use Remote Desktop
although I do simply to only have to open one port on my firewall...

Access multiple PCs through a firewall with Remote Desktop...

http://theillustratednetwork.mvps.org/RemoteDesktop/Multiple_PC_RD.html

I use OpenVPN to access multiple PCs with Remote Desktop and to access
shared files/folders behind my firewall...

http://theillustratednetwork.mvps.org/OpenVPN/OpenVPN.html

A method using Secure Shell (SSH)...

http://theillustratednetwork.mvps.org/Ssh/RemoteDesktopSSH.html

Basic help for Remote Desktop...

http://theillustratednetwork.mvps.org/RemoteDesktop/RemoteDesktopSetupandTroubleshooting.html

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[Millybags]

Thanks very much for the information - I really appreciate it.

Steve