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FWS,
The really, really simple answer to your question is:
1. forward TCPIP from router to your PCs as follows:
3389 to pc 1
3390 to pc 2
3391 to pc 3
All at the router level
2. Then I use XP's advanced firewall settings to change the UPnP routing on
each client to tell it that 339x is 3389 on the machine. Note: if your
router supports UPnP, then step 1 is redundant.
3. And then I make sure 3389 is allowed on the firewall of each PC
Then each person can log in using the standard client with the following
convention:
your routers wan ip address:33xx
I use this all the time in a small office environment. But I use a
different block of ports so as to avoid hacker curiosity.
If you are just trying to allow yourself access to multiple machines (rather
than many:many), you can try this:
1. set up remote adminstration of your router to an obscure port
2. set up 3389 to forward to a target PC
3. log in to router first, enable the forward
4. log into remote PC
5. When finished, log back into router and turn off the forward
With this method, you don't have to add a bunch of funky forwards to the
router, nor funky upnp forwards. Works for me.
"FWS" wrote:
> Also, since we aren't running a server, can we create the VPN without any
> additional equipment/software? Just create the connection like the second
> link shows? Once you establish the VPN connection, you then create the
> Remote Desktop connection? Using the local IP address since you're alaready
> connected? Does using the VPN connection still require forwarding port 3389?
>
> Thanks for your help.
>
> FWS
>
> "Sooner Al [MVP]" wrote:
>
> > There are various strategies available...Not in any particular order...
> >
> > * You could setup a VPN and tunnel all of your RDP requests through that.
> >
> >
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/technologies/networking/vpn/default.mspx
> >
http://www.onecomputerguy.com/networking/xp_vpn_server.htm
> >
http://www.onecomputerguy.com/networking/xp_vpn.htm
> >
> > Do you run any type of server on your network now?
> >
> > An alternative to the above is to use a VPN end-point router and have your
> > remote clients connect to that. Here are some examples of those...
> >
> >
http://www.zyxel.com/product/category1.php?indexcate1=1085450410&indexFlagvalue=1021873683
> >
http://www.linksys.com/servlet/Satellite?childpagename=US%2FLayout&packedargs=c%3DL_Product_C1%26cid%3D1117775454480&pagename=Linksys%2FCommon%2FVisitorWrapper
> >
> > * Open multiple ports on the firewall to the different machines...
> >
> >
http://theillustratednetwork.mvps.org/RemoteDesktop/Multiple_PC_RD.html
> >
> > * Use a SSH tunnel to access multiple machines through one hole in the
> > firewall, ie. TCP Port 22...I use this to access my home LAN...In my case I
> > use a 2048-bit RSA private/public key pair for authentication...
> >
> > http://sshwindows.sourceforge.net/
> >
http://www.bitvise.com/tunnelier.html
> >
> > How I did that with PuTTY...
> >
> >
http://theillustratednetwork.mvps.org/RemoteDesktop/SSH-RDP-VNC/RemoteDesktopVNCandSSH.html
> >
> > * Use this SSL-VPN solution...This is very easy to setup and use...
> >
> >
http://3sp.com/showSslExplorer.do
> >
http://www.broadbandreports.com/forum/remark,13775231
> >
> > --
> >
> > Al Jarvi (MS-MVP Windows Networking)
> >
> > Please post *ALL* questions and replies to the news group for the mutual
> > benefit of all of us...
> > The MS-MVP Program -
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com
> > This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
> > rights...
> >
> >
> > "FWS" <FWS@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > news:1EB5BC0C-CAE8-420A-8B00-BECDA6043278@microsoft.com...
> > >I configured and got remote access to work for connecting myself to my
> > >office
> > > computer. I conigured our router to forward port 3389 to my office's
> > > internal IP address. Question being, how do I let others at my office do
> > > the same. Do I forward port 3389 to their IP address at the same time?
> > > That
> > > doesn't seem right to me. Or should I forward different port numbers to
> > > their respective IP's? If so, what port numbers? Does it make a
> > > difference
> > > which ports? Pleaes advise.
> >
> >
> >
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