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Trying to use Remote Desktop Web Connection through Firewall
I am trying to setup Remote Desktop Web Connection on Windows XP. It is working internally but I am trying to publish the connection to the internet so I can connect from outside my company's firewall. I have a WatchGuard Firebox III. I have added a new server in on the firewall and tried to forward it to my computer several different ways but no matter what it won't work. Could somebody please help.
Thank you,
Bob
Thank you,
Bob
wolfcamel
remote desktop port 3389, remote web from small business server user port 4125 - you should forward this to your PC, and allow outgoing also
alternatively something like www.logmein.com will work well without any need to config the firewall
ASKER
I have been trying to do that for hours - could you be more specific?
i am not sure on the watchguard box, but you need to forward ports to the ip address of the PC in question - which ideally should have a fixed IP - do you have small business server or plain windows 2003 server?
Personally - for what you want logmein will be easier
Personally - for what you want logmein will be easier
Hi there!
Try http://portforward.com/ to help you forward the necessary ports (3389 and 80 unless you changed something). Let me know if you can't manage and I'll try and walk you through it. :)
Try http://portforward.com/ to help you forward the necessary ports (3389 and 80 unless you changed something). Let me know if you can't manage and I'll try and walk you through it. :)
ASKER
They don't list and WatchGuards on portforward.com.
Here is the kicker I think, I am trying to do this for many machines behind 1 public IP.
So my external address is http://209.60.213.98:113/tsweb - and what do I need to forward here?
Traffic on 113 to my external ip to 3389 on internal? traffic on 3389 on external to 3389 on internal? 3389 external to 80 internal? 80 external to 80 internal? 113 to 80?
I have tried so many different combinations and I can't find anywhere that will give me anymore specific info than "forward those 2 ports". I can get the tsweb page to pull up but it won't connect.
thanks,
bob
Here is the kicker I think, I am trying to do this for many machines behind 1 public IP.
So my external address is http://209.60.213.98:113/tsweb - and what do I need to forward here?
Traffic on 113 to my external ip to 3389 on internal? traffic on 3389 on external to 3389 on internal? 3389 external to 80 internal? 80 external to 80 internal? 113 to 80?
I have tried so many different combinations and I can't find anywhere that will give me anymore specific info than "forward those 2 ports". I can get the tsweb page to pull up but it won't connect.
thanks,
bob
ok,,
for many machines you have a problem - you can forward a port only to one machine - so you would have to configure each pc to listen for remote desktop on a different port, and then forward for each port to the appropriate machine. - it will be painful- plus each pc needs fixed IP
first of all - get it going for one machine
look at logmein.
look at small business server - it has REMOTE WEB WORKPLACE which has ONE web site on the server and then handles the routing to each workstation. I dont know if you can get this to work with normal server.
for many machines you have a problem - you can forward a port only to one machine - so you would have to configure each pc to listen for remote desktop on a different port, and then forward for each port to the appropriate machine. - it will be painful- plus each pc needs fixed IP
first of all - get it going for one machine
look at logmein.
look at small business server - it has REMOTE WEB WORKPLACE which has ONE web site on the server and then handles the routing to each workstation. I dont know if you can get this to work with normal server.
ASKER
Yeah I am basically trying to duplicate Remote Web Workplace with what I have.
I am still trying to get it to work on the first machine and I can't... what do I forward to what?
I am still trying to get it to work on the first machine and I can't... what do I forward to what?
why the port 113?
tsweb will listen on port 80, and the remote desktop on 3389 - hence both of those ports should be forwarded to the PC in question.
good luck trying to replicate RWW - it is pretty smart. and all the traffic is routed through the sbs server to the workstations.
tsweb will listen on port 80, and the remote desktop on 3389 - hence both of those ports should be forwarded to the PC in question.
good luck trying to replicate RWW - it is pretty smart. and all the traffic is routed through the sbs server to the workstations.
ASKER
113 is b/c i am trying to connect to multiple workstations behind 1 public ip so i need to specify to use the same external address with multiple machines.
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ignore the https - that was a typo
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ok so if machine1 has RD configured for 3390 - what do i do - fwd publicip:3389 to machineip:3390?
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holy crap that ws it - wolf i could kiss you. i had to cfg the machine for a diff port than 3389 and forward that along with 80. so now i have to create 2 rules in my firewall for every user lol. thanks for the help!