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Its a function of the router firmware. Some support it, others do not.
Personally I have never had a consumer grade router that did. In my case an
older Linksys BEFSR41 and my newer Buffalo WBR-G54.
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"cliffdi" <cliffdi@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:8716D468-3575-4817-BD0C-7567728BAE7C@microsoft.com...
> Yes, that's exactly what I'm doing, purely in an attempt to test that my
> router's port forwarding works before taking PC2 (RDC client) offsite. If
> I
> connect to PC1's (RDC host) internal IP address, there's no port
> forwarding
> or network address translation involved (the entire connection is just on
> the
> internal LAN via the ADSL router's internal hub). I was hoping that by
> specifying the router's public ip address in the RDC client dialog on PC2
> that this would force the connection out on to the public side of the
> router
> and then back in as if the connection were coming in through the internet.
> Clearly this isn't so, but I was wondering why?
>
> Regards
>
> Cliff
>
> "Sooner Al [MVP]" wrote:
>
>> When you say it "doesn't work from a second internal pc" do you mean your
>> trying to call over your private LAN but using the public IP of your
>> router?
>> To call another PC (ie. PC1) on your local private LAN from another PC
>> (ie.
>> PC2) on the same LAN use the private LAN IP of PC1. Its not a valid test
>> to
>> call the public IP for the router from PC2 and expect to connect to PC1.
>>
>>
http://theillustratednetwork.mvps.org/RemoteDesktop/Tro...
>>
>> To test connectivity through the router you need to be on a remote system
>> (ie. at work or a friends house) then call PC1 using the public IP of the
>> router.
>>
>> --
>>
>> Al Jarvi (MS-MVP Windows Networking)
>>
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>> "cliffdi" <cliffdi@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:38BB1237-33C1-442D-A4D5-05D2FCF04432@microsoft.com...
>> > Hi
>> >
>> > I think I have exactly the same problem. I'm using a DLink DSL 504 ADSL
>> > router and the RDC connection works fine specifying the internal IP
>> > address
>> > of my RDC host but not the router's public address. Again, I'm using
>> > NAT,
>> > forwarding the RDC port to a statically assigned internal address on
>> > the
>> > RDC
>> > host PC. No problems connecting to the RDC host's 3389 port from
>> > canyouseeme.org.
>> >
>> > Al, can you explain why this doesn't work from a second internal pc
>> > (presumably something to do with NAT)?
>> >
>> > Thanks and regards
>> >
>> > Cliff
>> >
>>
>>
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