Hello everyone, I hope I can find some assistance. I hope I'm not confusing but here I go. My goal is to be able to use Remote Desktop using VPN tunneling to connect to my mothers computer and other family members who need assistance. I can currently connect to my mothers computer using the the Remote Desktop Web Connection but not with VPN. I have successly created a VPN server on my desktop (WinXP Pro) and VPN Client on her computer (WinXP Pro) using directions from the following website:
http://www.pcstats.com/articleview.cfm?articleID=608. I can successfuly connect both computers using VPN but when I open up Remote Desktop I'm unable to get it to work through the VPN. I also went to this website:
http://www.sbslinks.com/remotely_accessing_a_computer.htm and used there info to try to set it up but again was unsuccessful. I believe I have everything connected correctly (only thing different from the article is that I have a WORKGROUP and not a domain on my network). I'm guessing some of you will ask why I want a VPN and the reason is that I'm always security worried and want to take as many precautions as I can. Also, I'm trying to do this without have to spend any money. I'm also aware of Remote Assistance but often it is not convenient. To make this even more confusing, everything I've read says that you cannot use Remote Desktop without using VPN (or a VNC program) unless you use the Remote Web Connection that runs in Internet Explorer. Well, when I have the VPN "turned off" I can still use the Remote Desktop program "mstsc.exe" to connect to my mothers computer. Now I'm guessing it is using the web connection some how but I thought I would throw that point out there. Below I will give you a description of important things you might want to know about the network. Good luck, and I'm sure we will have some dialogue before this question can be answered.
My Network & Mothers network (both networks are in different locations)
Windows XP Pro SP2
1. Cable modem
2. Wireless Router Dlink DI-624 (ports 1723 and 3389 open with correct IP address)
3. Windows Firewall (with ports 1723 and 3389 open)
Last, I may just continue using the Web Connection method if someone can sway my opinion (I've read a lot on these boards and other sites and have never found a good answer)
Thanks,
gcsc_2002
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