Phil
Sat May 31 07:22:21 PDT 2008
On May 31, 4:22 am, "Sooner Al [MVP]" <Soone...@somewhere.net.invalid>
wrote:
> When calling from a remote location you need to a) forward/open TCP Port
> 3389 in the Linksys router to the private LAN IP of the home computer and b)
> call using the public IP address.
>
> If your calling from a PC on the same LAN then many times using the
> loopback, ie. calling the public IP of the router, will not work.
>
>
http://theillustratednetwork.mvps.org/RemoteDesktop/TroubleshootingDi...
>
> General help...
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>
http://theillustratednetwork.mvps.org/RemoteDesktop/RemoteDesktopSetu...
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> "Phil" <rpri...@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> >I am having a problem connecting to my home computer from my laptop
> > using remote desktop. I have a Linksys wireless router with the
> > desktop connected to the router and the laptop connected wirelessly. I
> > can connect to my desktop from the laptop using the IP address that
> > the router assigns, namely 192.168.1.100. However, I can't connect
> > when I use the IP address assigned to me by my internet provider,
> > Bresnan.
>
> > I am new to this and would appreciate any help.
Thanks for the help. How do I forward/open TCP Port
3389 in the Linksys router to the private LAN IP of the home computer?