remote desktop

[Guest]

lan 5 computers running XP Pro with remote desktop enabled, Linksys router
with port fowarding ( port 3389 ) to 1 lan computer. Works great ... Can I
change the listening ports on the others, enable port fowarding for those
ports and connect to the other machines by typing ipaddressort ...Router
should foward I think..has anybody tried this ? Artical 306759 for changing
the listening port ...and artical 304304 how to connect on a specific port.

 

[Mike Robinson]

Why not just do this
port X -> 3389 computer one
port Y - 3389 compter two
etc

You can specifiy different WAN and LAN ports.
ie run a webserver on port 80, but have the router direct port 8080 to port
80.

 

[SR]

lan 5 computers running XP Pro with remote desktop enabled, Linksys
router with port fowarding ( port 3389 ) to 1 lan computer. Works
great ... Can I change the listening ports on the others, enable port
fowarding for those ports and connect to the other machines by typing
ipaddressort ...Router should foward I think..has anybody tried
this ? Artical 306759 for changing the listening port ...and artical
304304 how to connect on a specific port.

Why not just change the ports on your router?

Exmaples:
Foward TCP 3389 to 192.168.0.1
Foward TCP 3388 to 192.168.0.2
Foward TCP 3387 to 192.168.0.3
[...]

Always worked for me.

If you really want to change the listen port on a given computer
listening for RDesktop connections, the value is in the registry.

( *** Please be VERY careful when ever doing anything in the Registry.
*** )

Navigate to:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Terminal Server\Wds\rdpwd\Tds\tcp
Change the value for PortNumber
(Doubel click and set to Decimal instead of Hex.)

( *** Please be VERY careful when ever doing anything in the Registry.
*** )

**** Food for thought:
I noticed that in hex, 3389 is D3D, I wonder if that's just a
coincidence, or if they did that on purpose. (As in D3D - Direct 3D.)
Just a thought.....