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By: bloodsugarwilksm

bloodsugarwilksm — Thu, 30 Nov 2006 06:26:33 +0000

Hey rock on, thanks for the info – it will be put to good use. Thanks again!

By: Ryan

Ryan — Thu, 30 Nov 2006 06:12:20 +0000

bloodsugarwilksm wrote:

Cool. Last thing I think, do I have to set up the TCP port forwarding through the routers internal address like for D-Link 192.168.0.1 ??I'm assuming I go in there somewhere and set it up. I would check but I don't have the time right now, but I always have time for CyberNet! :mrgreen:Not too familiar with hardware firewall configurations...

Once you get into your router configuration screen there should be a spot for port forwarding. You mentioned a D-Link so using their router emulator online I was able to figure it out for the DI-624. Here is a screenshot of what you would have to do for that D-Link Router. After you get the port forwarding up you'll just enter in the IP address of the router into the Remote Desktop on the remote computer.Hope the screenshot helps.

By: bloodsugarwilksm

bloodsugarwilksm — Thu, 30 Nov 2006 04:37:00 +0000

Cool. Last thing I think, do I have to set up the TCP port forwarding through the routers internal address like for D-Link 192.168.0.1 ??

I’m assuming I go in there somewhere and set it up. I would check but I don’t have the time right now, but I always have time for CyberNet!

Not too familiar with hardware firewall configurations…

By: javasharp

javasharp — Thu, 30 Nov 2006 04:16:22 +0000

No announcement from Microsoft regarding this?
anyway thanks Ryan for the update

By: Ryan

Ryan — Thu, 30 Nov 2006 03:38:58 +0000

Yes, you can ignore the IIS Web Connection stuff. The rest of the things you listed is everything that you need. It is actually pretty easy…I think you’ll be surprised (until it doesn’t work like most things on a computer)

By: bloodsugarwilksm

bloodsugarwilksm — Thu, 30 Nov 2006 01:02:48 +0000

So I can ignore the stuff in the article about the IIS Web Connection but I need to configure the TCP port on the host computer firewall and then know the IP, Username and Password of an account right?

By: Ryan

Ryan — Wed, 29 Nov 2006 22:42:06 +0000

All you really need to know is the IP address of the computer that you are connecting to. Just type that in and it will prompt you to enter in the username/password for the PC. If you are behind a router you’ll have to do some port forwarding for TCP port 3389.

Here is a guide that should help you out if you have more questions:
[microsoft.com]

But I could always whip something up if that doesn’t work for you.

By: bloodsugarwilksm

bloodsugarwilksm — Wed, 29 Nov 2006 21:30:15 +0000

Hey Ryan, can you give a quick tutorial on how to connect to a remote computer using that new interface? I connect to my parents computer back in Iowa City via Windows Live Messenger and just have them request remote assistance from me via messenger.

Is that the same interface when v6.0 is installed?

Just curious about the steps for manual connection via the RDS v6.0 interface as opposed to the Messenger interface.