Vista RDC ?

[Dave]

I am attempting to set up a RDC over the Internet. The host computer is
running Vista Ultimate and the client computers are running Vista home
Premium. I have opened up port 3389 on the router, which the host computer
is connected to and have given the host computer a static IP address via the
router. When I attempt to logon from a client computer using the IP address
of the host computer it opens up a grey background screen with a Log on to
Windows authentication screen, however it is attempting to logon to a
Windows 2003 Server and not the host computer running Vista Ultimate. I am
not sure if this logon is for the server at the ISP that provides the IP
address for the host computer or what is exactly going on.

I have disabled the antivirus and firewall in an attempt to get the host >
client connection going. After I am able to get that connection going I will
then deal with the antivirus/firewall issue.

Any ideas on where I am going wrong of further steps I need to take?

Thanks for any help,

Dave

 

[Gordon]

I am attempting to set up a RDC over the Internet. The host computer is
running Vista Ultimate and the client computers are running Vista home
Premium. I have opened up port 3389 on the router, which the host computer
is connected to and have given the host computer a static IP address via
the router. When I attempt to logon from a client computer using the IP
address of the host computer it opens up a grey background screen with a
Log on to Windows authentication screen, however it is attempting to logon
to a Windows 2003 Server and not the host computer running Vista Ultimate.
I am not sure if this logon is for the server at the ISP that provides the
IP address for the host computer or what is exactly going on.

I have disabled the antivirus and firewall in an attempt to get the host >
client connection going. After I am able to get that connection going I
will then deal with the antivirus/firewall issue.

Any ideas on where I am going wrong of further steps I need to take?

Thanks for any help,

Dave

Have you looked at TeamViewer? Works over any firewall and is free.....

 

[Cleve S.]

Dave,

You need to connect to the WAN IP address of your router. Your router will
then redirect port 3389 to the host computer, provided you've set everything
up correctly.

Cleve