Cannot Connect to XP box

On Sep 8, 1:24 am, "Vera Noest [MVP]" <vera.no...@remove-
this.hem.utfors.se> wrote:
> Have you configured your router to forward incoming traffic on port
> 3389 to the private IP number of your XP box?
> _________________________________________________________
> Vera Noest
> MCSE, CCEA, Microsoft MVP - Terminal Server
> TS troubleshooting: http://ts.veranoest.net
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>
> Damian Wagner <wsupik....DeleteThis@gmail.com> wrote on 08 sep 2007 in
> microsoft.public.mac.rdc:
>
> > I am unable to connect to my XP box OUTSIDE of my home network.
>
> > When I am at home I have NO problem connecting, everything works
> > flawlessly.
>
> > When I am away from home I cannot, for the life of me, figure
> > out how to connect to my XP box. I know my main IP address for
> > my cable modem, my router passwords etc., and the in-network IP
> > (192.168...) for my XP box.
>
> > Any help is appreciated. Thanks in advance!

I have made that adjustment to my router but HOW do I connect from,
say, across the state? What would I need to put into the actual RDC
connect field?

Thanks!
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Damian Wagner <wsupikapp.TakeThisOut@gmail.com> wrote on 10 sep 2007:

> On Sep 8, 1:24 am, "Vera Noest [MVP]" <vera.no...@remove-
> this.hem.utfors.se> wrote:
>> Have you configured your router to forward incoming traffic on
>> port 3389 to the private IP number of your XP box?
>> _________________________________________________________
>> Vera Noest
>> MCSE, CCEA, Microsoft MVP - Terminal Server
>> TS troubleshooting: http://ts.veranoest.net
>> ___ please respond in newsgroup, NOT by private email ___
>>
>> Damian Wagner <wsupik....TakeThisOut@gmail.com> wrote on 08 sep 2007 in
>> microsoft.public.mac.rdc:
>>
>> > I am unable to connect to my XP box OUTSIDE of my home
>> > network.
>>
>> > When I am at home I have NO problem connecting, everything
>> > works flawlessly.
>>
>> > When I am away from home I cannot, for the life of me, figure
>> > out how to connect to my XP box. I know my main IP address
>> > for my cable modem, my router passwords etc., and the
>> > in-network IP (192.168...) for my XP box.
>>
>> > Any help is appreciated. Thanks in advance!
>
> I have made that adjustment to my router but HOW do I connect
> from, say, across the state? What would I need to put into the
> actual RDC connect field?
>
> Thanks!

Your public IP address.
If the router is correctly configured, then it will forward the
incoming RDC traffic to your XP box.

_________________________________________________________
Vera Noest
MCSE, CCEA, Microsoft MVP - Terminal Server
TS troubleshooting: http://ts.veranoest.net
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On Sep 10, 5:23 am, "Vera Noest [MVP]" <Vera.No...@remove-
this.hem.utfors.se> wrote:
> Damian Wagner <wsupik....RemoveThis@gmail.com> wrote on 10 sep 2007:
>
>
>
> > On Sep 8, 1:24 am, "Vera Noest [MVP]" <vera.no...@remove-
> > this.hem.utfors.se> wrote:
> >> Have you configured your router to forward incoming traffic on
> >> port 3389 to the private IP number of your XP box?
> >> _________________________________________________________
> >> Vera Noest
> >> MCSE, CCEA, Microsoft MVP - Terminal Server
> >> TS troubleshooting: http://ts.veranoest.net
> >> ___ please respond in newsgroup, NOT by private email ___
>
> >> Damian Wagner <wsupik....RemoveThis@gmail.com> wrote on 08 sep 2007 in
> >> microsoft.public.mac.rdc:
>
> >> > I am unable to connect to my XP box OUTSIDE of my home
> >> > network.
>
> >> > When I am at home I have NO problem connecting, everything
> >> > works flawlessly.
>
> >> > When I am away from home I cannot, for the life of me, figure
> >> > out how to connect to my XP box. I know my main IP address
> >> > for my cable modem, my router passwords etc., and the
> >> > in-network IP (192.168...) for my XP box.
>
> >> > Any help is appreciated. Thanks in advance!
>
> > I have made that adjustment to my router but HOW do I connect
> > from, say, across the state? What would I need to put into the
> > actual RDC connect field?
>
> > Thanks!
>
> Your public IP address.
> If the router is correctly configured, then it will forward the
> incoming RDC traffic to your XP box.
>
> _________________________________________________________
> Vera Noest
> MCSE, CCEA, Microsoft MVP - Terminal Server
> TS troubleshooting: http://ts.veranoest.net
> *----------- Please reply in newsgroup -------------*

I've now had to remove RDC. Turns out it was the reason my network
kept crashing.

Here's hoping for an alpha release... (yeah right)
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Damian Wagner wrote:

> I've now had to remove RDC. Turns out it was the reason my network
> kept crashing.
>
> Here's hoping for an alpha release... (yeah right)

Hi Damian!

I've read this thread but you don't mention which version of RDC you're
using. Current release version is 1.0.3 but Microsoft does have a public
beta for RDC 2.0 available here
<http://www.microsoft.com/mac/downloads.aspx?pid=download&location=/mac/download/MISC/RDC2.0_Public_Beta_download.xml>.

Regarding "network kept crashing" I would say you have a more serious
problem than trying to use RDC. What do you mean by "crash"? RDC may
possibly be hitting a vulnerability with your network, which is causing
problems but RDC itself can't "crash" a network.

--

bill

William M. Smith, Microsoft Interop MVP - Mac/Windows
Entourage Help Page <http://entourage.mvps.org/>
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