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In addition to what Sooner Al says - the web client will not allow you
to connect to other computers behind your NAT firewall device without
you already being connected to a VPN.
I.E., if you have a public address of x.x.x.x and have a remote
desktop server at private address of 192.168.1.20 with proper
forwarding, you would log onto your Web Client at
http://x.x.x.x/tsweb
and either leave the server name blank or you must use x.x.x.x (i.e.,
192.168.1.20 will not work). If you want to connect to another XP
machine on your private LAN whose address is 192.168.1.30, you will
either need to forward to an alternate port or use a VPN.
Jeffrey Randow (Windows Networking & Smart Display MVP)
jeffreyr-support@remotenetworktechnology.com
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Remote Networking Technology Support Site -
http://www.remotenetworktechnology.com
Windows XP Expert Zone -
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
On Sat, 21 Aug 2004 09:12:14 -0700, "Rohit"
<anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>I am not sure if I understood you. When the remote
>desktop screen asks for a computer name, are you
>suggesting I should use the public IP of the router ?
>The server itself does not have a public IP, so which
>public IP are you referring to.
>
>Thanks,
>Rohit
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>Either leave the server name blank (preferred) or make
>sure you are
>>using the public IP address in the server name (if you
>are connecting
>>from out on the internet).
>>
>>Jeffrey Randow (Windows Networking & Smart Display MVP)
>>jeffreyr-support@remotenetworktechnology.com
>>
>>Please post all responses to the newsgroups for the
>benefit
>>of all USENET users. Messages sent via email may or may
>not
>>be answered depending on time availability....
>>
>>Remote Networking Technology Support Site -
>>http://www.remotenetworktechnology.com
>>Windows XP Expert Zone -
>http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
>>
>>On Thu, 19 Aug 2004 03:22:42 -0700, "Rohit"
>><anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>>
>>>Hi,
>>>
>>>I have a successfully checked my remote web connection
>>>from my home intranet. Also , I have forwarded ports 80
>>>and 3389 to my server system.
>>>I can get my index page of the IIS web site, and the
>>>initial welcome page of remote web connection .
>>>However when I type the correct local IP(192.168.1.102)
>>>add of the computer, it fails to find the computer and
>>>times out.
>>>Please let me know what could be the problem.
>>>
>>>Thanks,
>>>Rohit
>>
>>.
>>