Remote Assistance and ICS

[Guest]

While I basically understand the requirements for UPnP on the Novice side in
order to get RA to work, my question is: If I setup Windows 2000 or 2003
Server "out of the box" and enable ICS "as basic as possible" so the server
is my "router" (using 2 NICs) is there anything else that needs to be
configured on them so that the internal clients can be "Novices" to external
"Experts"? Can you guide be to where these modifications are in Win2K and
Win2K3 Server? Thanks in advance.

 

[Robin Walker [MVP]]

While I basically understand the requirements for UPnP on the Novice
side in order to get RA to work, my question is: If I setup Windows
2000 or 2003 Server "out of the box" and enable ICS "as basic as
possible" so the server is my "router" (using 2 NICs) is there
anything else that needs to be configured on them so that the
internal clients can be "Novices" to external "Experts"? Can you
guide be to where these modifications are in Win2K and Win2K3 Server?

Windows 2000 does not support UPnP in ICS, so that will definitely not work.

Windows XP is known to support UPnP in ICS.

I cannot find any documentation for Windows 2003 ICS that answers this
question, but given XP supports it, I would guess 2003 supports it too.

 

[Guest]

Wow...didn't realize that about Win2K Server. Guess if I'm going to "support"
my mom's home XP machine (behind a Win2K ICS server) I'll have to upgrade it
to Win2K3. Thanks...

ENV

 

[Sooner Al \(MVP\)]

Or get a UPnP capable router...Of course that presumes your mother has a broadband ISP...

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[brentd]

Or get a UPnP capable router...Of course that presumes your
mother has a broadband ISP...

--
Al Jarvi (MS-MVP Windows Networking)

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the mutual benefit of all of us...
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Wow...didn't realize that about Win2K Server. Guess if I'm going to "support"
my mom's home XP machine (behind a Win2K ICS server) I'll have to upgrade it
to Win2K3. Thanks...

ENV

:

 >> EvilLama <[email protected]>
wrote:
 >>
  >> > While I basically understand the requirements
for UPnP on the Novice
  >> > side in order to get RA to work, my question
is: If I setup Windows
  >> > 2000 or 2003 Server "out of the box" and
enable ICS "as basic as
  >> > possible" so the server is my "router" (using
2 NICs) is there
  >> > anything else that needs to be configured on
them so that the
  >> > internal clients can be "Novices" to external
"Experts"? Can you
  >> > guide be to where these modifications are in
Win2K and Win2K3 Server?
 >>
 >> Windows 2000 does not support UPnP in ICS, so that
will definitely not work.
 >>
 >> Windows XP is known to support UPnP in ICS.
 >>
 >> I cannot find any documentation for Windows 2003 ICS
that answers this
 >> question, but given XP supports it, I would guess
2003 supports it too.
 >>
 >> --
 >> Robin Walker [MVP Networking]
 >> (e-mail address removed)
 >>
 >>
 >>

Or use another product such as VNC
free, easy to install and quite fast over the internet.

http://www.realvnc.com/

The default port is 5900 so just make sure you forward that port