Remote Desktop

[vegasbp]

Hello, I am back again with another problem:D

I have a small home network using my NETGEAR WGT624 router, and what I want to do is use my remote desktop with my computer and my laptop, both running XP home. I know that I have to forward port 3389 from my router. Once that is done, I still get the error, the client could not connect to the remote computer............. I also have remote enabled through XP, what else do I need to do?!?! :confused:

Thanks to any help

[oracleguy]

Do you have any sort of firewall running on the XP computer? The Windows one or otherwise. If so, you'll need to open the port up on there.

[JamieR]

From what I understood, I didn't think you could use Remote Desktop on XP Home (that is, connect to a computer and take remote control of it when it's running XP Home?)

And with my Netgear router, I had to enable a demilitarised zone (DMZ) before I could remote into my LAN server from the internet even though I had a port 3389 forwarded to my lan server. It was odd but was the only thing that I could do to get it working..I'm assuming you want to take control of your home PC from outside your LAN?

[oracleguy]

From what I understood, I didn't think you could use Remote Desktop on XP Home (that is, connect to a computer and take remote control of it when it's running XP Home?)

Oops, I missed that it was XP Home. I think you are right about that. If the opening up the firewall doesn't get it to work; look into seeing if the Home Edition just doesn't support remote desktop.

[AAOROE]

I believe you can connect to a computer from home to pro or home to home. You can not connect from pro to home. My former college roommate and I did this last year. He had home and I had pro. He could take over my pc but I could not take over his.

Mike

[vegasbp]

Ok so I looked into my router and opened port 3389 to ip address 192.168.0.2, which is my computer, would I also need to open the same one to the laptop that im trying to connect to, which is 192.168.0.3. Windows firewall is not blocking it, I tried that too.

[AAOROE]

I guess, if no one else can help is read the documentation for remote desktop. let me look for the link for you.

mike

[brad211987]

I used this for a while on my XP home computer before i ditched windows: http://access-remote-pc.com/

There are free trials, and its a small and easy to use program, not expensive either for single user. Multiple connection options too, and they have a java applet so u can use computers that do not have the client installed and still connect to your home computer.

I dont believe xp home supports remote desktop either, but with this program you could just keep re installing the free trial :thumbsup:

[JiltedCitizen]

Or you can use VNC

[JamieR]

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/mobility/rdfaq.mspx
You can't connect to a computer running XP Home via remote desktop, although you can control computers running XP Pro/Server 2003/2000 over terminal services etc.
If both of your computers running are running XP Home, to avoid upgrading to XP Pro I recommend doing what JiltedCitizen suggested - using RealVNC instead.

There is a free edition available - www.realvnc.com

[AAOROE]

For remote connetions from my laptop (at college) to my home computer to do emergency security scans, etc I use LogMeIn.com.

Thanks

Mike

[alphomega]

Windows remote desktop is nowhere as good as VNC. VNC is free do download it and install it on both PC's, it will work on the home edition.

http://www.realvnc.com/