Remote Desktop Web connection

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You also need port 80, TCP, to reach the web server. I'd recommend adding a
final / after tsweb in the URL, as well.

You need to be sure that port 80 isn't blocked by the ISP at the host end.

"JoeM" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>I have my Windows XP Pro Host with the proper components installed via add
>and remove components. Downloaded and installed the Remote Desktop Web
>Connection software for Active X in my TSWeb folder. See instruction:
> 1. Open Add or Remove Programs in Control Panel.
> 2. Click Add/Remove Windows Components.
> 3. Select Internet Information Services, and then click Details.
> 4. In the Subcomponents of Internet Information Services list, select
> World Wide Web Service, and then click Details.
> 5. In the Subcomponents for World Wide Web Service list, click the Remote
> Desktop Web Connection check box, and then click OK.
> 6. In the Windows Components Wizard, click Next.
> 7. Open Internet Services Manager.
> 8. Expand the folder hierarchy until you reach the local computer name\Web
> Sites\Default Web Site\tsweb folder.
> 9. Right-click the tsweb folder and then click Properties.
> 10. Click the Directory Security tab on the Properties dialog box.
> 11. In Anonymous access and authentication control, click Edit....
> 12. Check the Anonymous access check box on the Authentication Methods
> dialog box, and then click OK twice.
> Notes
> · Must install the web connection software. See separate instructions.
> · To open Internet Services Manager, click Start, point to All Programs,
> point to Administrative Tools, and then click Internet Services Manager.
> · Internet Information Services is installed on Windows XP Professional by
> default.
> · You must be logged on as an administrator or a member of the
> Administrators group to complete this procedure. If your computer is
> connected to a network, network policy settings may also prevent you from
> completing this procedure.
> · To open a Control Panel item, click Start, click Control Panel, and then
> double-click the appropriate icon.
> · For information on using Remote Desktop Web Connection from the client
> computer, see To connect to another computer using Remote Desktop Web
> Connection.
>
> Now the instructions to connect to the Host:
> 1. Ensure that Remote Desktop Web Connection is installed and running on
> the Web server. For more information, see Setting up Remote Desktop Web
> Connection.
> 2. Ensure that your client computer has an active network connection and
> that the WINS server service (or other name resolution method) is
> functioning.
> 3. On your client computer, start Microsoft Internet Explorer.
> 4. In the Address box, type the Uniform Resource Locator (URL) for the
> home directory of the Web server hosting Remote Desktop Web Connection.
> The URL is "http://" followed by the Windows Networking name of your
> server, followed by the path of the directory containing the Remote
> Desktop Web Connection files (default = /Tsweb/). (Note the forward slash
> marks.) For example, if your Web server is registered with the WINS server
> as "Admin1", in the Address box you type: http://admin1/tsweb/, and then
> press ENTER. The Remote Desktop Web Connection page appears on the screen.
> For My Computer you keyboard http://winxppro/tsweb/ and then sign in.
> 5. In Server, type the name of the remote computer to which you want to
> connect.
> 6. Optionally, specify the screen size and logon information for your
> connection.
> 7. Click Connect.
> Notes
> · Remote Desktop Web Connection requires Internet Explorer 4.0 or higher.
>
> The instructions are to go to the internet web browser on a client
> machine, and type : http://mymachinename/tsweb and you will get a web
> interface to connect to the Host. Is there something I am missing here?
> All I get is the old "This Page cannot be Displayed". There must be
> something more to this. My machine sits behind a gateway router with TCP
> port 3389 open and ready. I can connect using the the Remote Desktop
> Client software, but there are some users who do not want you to install
> that on their machines. I just thought the Remote Desktop Web connection
> software would be the solution. Please advise. Are there other ports I
> should open?

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I have port 80 open to point to my Web server. Port forwarding to my Local IP of 192.168.0.103 TCP, the IP address being the box my Web server is on.

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any way you can test locally--behind the router or whatever leads to the
Internet?

Some ISP's block port 80--have you checked about that. Verizon does this,
for example.

You can run IIS on an alternate port if this is the problem.


"JoeM" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>I have port 80 open to point to my Web server. Port forwarding to my Local
>IP of 192.168.0.103 TCP, the IP address being the box my Web server is on.