Remote Desktop

[Sean]

I have been attempting to create a connection from
my home to office using a linksys router wrt54g. I have
enabled port forwardning 3389 & 3390, DMZ & IPsec, PPPoE
& PPTP. I have setup the VPN on the client (seems easy
enough) and the host (seems too easy). Has anyone done
this successfully and has some information.

Assisstance is greatly appreciated,
Sean

 

[Sooner Al]

What exactly are you trying to do or what do you want to do? Opening multiple ports for Remote
Desktop, enabling the DMZ and enabling IPSec/PPTP VPN all at the same time are a bit counter
productive.

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[Sean]

1. The PPTP has to be enabled for a secure banklink to
function
2. I was told to use those ports for Microsoft Remote
Desktop & to enable DMZ.

Other than that all I am trying to do is connect
remotely to my office computer.

Your help is appreciated,

Sean

-----Original Message-----
What exactly are you trying to do or what do you want to

do? Opening multiple ports for Remote

Desktop, enabling the DMZ and enabling IPSec/PPTP VPN

all at the same time are a bit counter

productive.

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[Sooner Al]

Remote Desktop uses TCP Port 3389. No need for the DMZ which *fully exposes* the PC to the public
internet and can be a potential and probable security risk.

Is the router at the office end?
Are you trying to use Remote Desktop to access the office PC?
If so, forward TCP Port 3389 through the router to the LAN IP of the PC your trying to access. Make
sure the PC is using a static IP address...

http://www.portforward.com/linksys/wrt54g.htm
http://www.portforward.com/networking/static-xp.htm

Call using the public IP of the router, ie. the IP assigned by the ISP...

This presumes Remote Desktop is enabled on the target PC...

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/mobility/getstarted/remoteintro.mspx

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[Guest]

OK, DMZ is diabled and port 3389 is forwarded to the
internal pc's ip address, however, I do not see a way to
make that ip static. Yes, I am trying to access my office
pc using remote desktop which is enabled.

-----Original Message-----
Remote Desktop uses TCP Port 3389. No need for the DMZ

which *fully exposes* the PC to the public

internet and can be a potential and probable security risk.

Is the router at the office end?
Are you trying to use Remote Desktop to access the office PC?
If so, forward TCP Port 3389 through the router to the

LAN IP of the PC your trying to access. Make

sure the PC is using a static IP address...

http://www.portforward.com/linksys/wrt54g.htm
http://www.portforward.com/networking/static-xp.htm

Call using the public IP of the router, ie. the IP assigned by the ISP...

This presumes Remote Desktop is enabled on the target PC...
ted/remoteintro.mspx

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[Sooner Al]

Did you look at the static IP reference I pointed you to earlier. Note that this is for your office
PC, ie. the PC your trying to access from home... Port forwarding is also on the office router,
which I am presuming is the Linksys WRT54G...

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[Sean]

I have completed the LAN static ip and disabled DMZ
without any success accessing from my home.

-----Original Message-----
Did you look at the static IP reference I pointed you to

earlier. Note that this is for your office

PC, ie. the PC your trying to access from home... Port

forwarding is also on the office router,

which I am presuming is the Linksys WRT54G...

group for the mutual benefit of all of us...

 

[Sean]

I was able to connect after disabling IPsec and port
3390.

Thanks for your help Al. I was starting to pull my
hair out talking to linksys. The last tech I spoke to
said I had to buy 3rd party software.

Thanks,
Sean

 

[Sooner Al]

Good to hear...Thanks for the update...

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