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Remote desktop Connection behind 2 Routers (1 is wireless)
Ok, so I want to use Remote Desktop Connection to manage my lcomputer at home from my computer at work. I am using Linksys routers, the first of which internally has an IP of 192.168.1.1. I realize I am supposed to set port 3389 to the ip of my computer, however, the 3rd octet is not available for change on the linksys router's web based setup page.
The second router, a linksys wireless router, has an internal ip of 192.168.2.1. It assigns all my wireless ip's, of which my personal laptop, the one I am trying to connect to remotlely, is 192.168.2.103.
Since the Wired Router provides the connection to my Wireless router, how can I get RDC to connect from outside my LAN to my PC?
The second router, a linksys wireless router, has an internal ip of 192.168.2.1. It assigns all my wireless ip's, of which my personal laptop, the one I am trying to connect to remotlely, is 192.168.2.103.
Since the Wired Router provides the connection to my Wireless router, how can I get RDC to connect from outside my LAN to my PC?
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The only reason I cannot do this is because the 2nd router is 192.168.2.1, and since the 1st router will not let me change the first three octets, I cannot port forward to that router.
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Set router #1 to forward requests on port 3389 to router #2's external ip, which is actually internal for router #1. Then set router #2 to forward requests on port 3389 to the internal ip of your laptop, the 192.168.2.103. If that's confusing, this might help:
External IP --> Router 1 --> Router 2 --> Laptop all on port 3389.