Remote desktop question
 

Anyone here know if you have to change your TCP/IP settings to match the computer you are trying to access if you are NOT on the local area network?

I was able to successfully set up remote desktop between two machines that are on the same network. But now we're trying to set one up from a machine that is 10 miles away.

We keep getting "the client could not connect to the remote computer. remote connections might not be enabled or the computer might be too busy to accept new connections. it is also possible that network problems are preventing your connection. please try connecting again later. if the problem continues to occur, contact your administrator." error message

Anyone have experience doing that?

hmmm, I used to connect to a friend of mine PC (he was in England, I was in South Africa) with remote desktop, as far as I remember we didn't have to change any TCP/IP settings but we had to change some of his router settings so I could gain access

firewall?

firewall is on with an exception of remote desktop.

His work computer goes though a router, then to the cable modem. His home machine is on a wireless connection.

We only host a few Windows servers, so I have very limited experience with remote desktops, but I thought there was a setting that allowed or denied specific IP's.

Bump for the guy on the other side of 10 miles. ;)

Is port 3389 open on that machine?

And if so can you post the ip? :pimp

:1orglaugh

can someone else try it for me? The IP address is 216.27.61.137

remote desktop isnt working and the tracert looks fucking weird:


C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator>tracert 216.27.61.137

Tracing route to 216.27.61.137 over a maximum of 30 hops

1 * * * Request timed out.
2 11 ms 14 ms 11 ms ge-1-4-ur01.sanmateo.ca.sfba.comcast.net [68.86.248.129]
3 10 ms * * te-9-1-ur02.sanmateo.ca.sfba.comcast.net [68.87.192.18]
4 10 ms 11 ms 11 ms te0-7-0-4-ar01.oakland.ca.sfba.comcast.net [68.86.90.146]
5 14 ms 20 ms 11 ms 68.86.85.77
6 * 14 ms 21 ms COMCAST-IP.car2.SanJose1.Level3.net [4.79.43.134]
7 14 ms 14 ms 14 ms te-4-4.car2.SanJose1.Level3.net [4.79.43.133]
8 22 ms 21 ms 32 ms vlan69.csw1.SanJose1.Level3.net [4.68.18.62]
9 13 ms 14 ms 17 ms ae-63-63.ebr3.SanJose1.Level3.net [4.69.134.225]
10 29 ms 35 ms 40 ms ae-2.ebr3.LosAngeles1.Level3.net [4.69.132.10]
11 89 ms 90 ms 102 ms ae-4.ebr4.Washington1.Level3.net [4.69.132.82]
12 98 ms 90 ms 90 ms ae-94-94.csw4.Washington1.Level3.net [4.69.134.190]
13 89 ms 87 ms 106 ms ae-92-92.ebr2.Washington1.Level3.net [4.69.134.157]
14 93 ms 94 ms 93 ms ae-6-6.car2.Raleigh1.Level3.net [4.69.132.177]
15 93 ms 93 ms 93 ms HOSTED-SOLU.car2.Raleigh1.Level3.net [64.158.228.18]
16 93 ms 95 ms 94 ms cr2-g2-2.ral.hostedsolutions.com [216.27.80.206]
17 113 ms 208 ms 208 ms dr1-g8-1.ral.hostedsolutions.com [216.27.80.14]
18 295 ms 270 ms 287 ms dr1-f3-34.ral.hostedsolutions.com [216.27.80.237]
19 94 ms 93 ms 93 ms dr1-f3-34.ral.hostedsolutions.com [216.27.80.237]
20 94 ms 95 ms 100 ms dr1-f3-34.ral.hostedsolutions.com [216.27.80.237]
21 93 ms 93 ms 112 ms dr1-f3-34.ral.hostedsolutions.com [216.27.80.237]
22 94 ms 92 ms 96 ms dr1-f3-34.ral.hostedsolutions.com [216.27.80.237]
23 101 ms 93 ms 94 ms dr1-f3-34.ral.hostedsolutions.com [216.27.80.237]
24 95 ms 95 ms 93 ms dr1-f3-34.ral.hostedsolutions.com [216.27.80.237]
25 93 ms 93 ms 101 ms dr1-f3-34.ral.hostedsolutions.com [216.27.80.237]
26 93 ms 93 ms 95 ms dr1-f3-34.ral.hostedsolutions.com [216.27.80.237]
27 119 ms 93 ms 95 ms dr1-f3-34.ral.hostedsolutions.com [216.27.80.237]
28 94 ms 103 ms 93 ms dr1-f3-34.ral.hostedsolutions.com [216.27.80.237]
29 94 ms 110 ms 92 ms dr1-f3-34.ral.hostedsolutions.com [216.27.80.237]
30 95 ms 93 ms 92 ms dr1-f3-34.ral.hostedsolutions.com [216.27.80.237]

Trace complete.

that's odd. That's the IP I get when I look up ipconfig on my machine. That should get you right into my computer. But wait, how do I hide all my bank info? I want to block that stuff first.

dude, what the fuck kind of device are you using on your end?

one that can chip concrete.

dawg - http://www.whatismyip.com and tell me what that says.

ok.. you got me. I didn't really post my IP. I got that from a "how stuff works" website. No way in heck am I going to post any info about me. I know there are people that can track me just by this post alone.

nice... glad i wasted my time tracerting it and actually trying remote desktop lol

:1orglaugh:1orglaugh

I hope you get raped by a gang of angry jamaican homos.

IF I notice anything unusual in my bank accounts I'm going to assume it was you trying to hack into a medical site that did it.

I love remote... so much fun...

make sure your router is fowarding the port to the right computer that you are trying to access.