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359689	2005-05-30 01:49:00	Hi, this is my first time on here . Wondering if anyone can help me . I am trying to use remote desktop to access my server . The problem is, I am going through a router . The setup is: cable modem, connected to wan port on router - router has one fixed pc running windows 2003 server and 2 laptops that connect to the router wirelessly . I have tried to set the server up to handle dns, dhcp etc in the past to no avial, so decided it would be easier to use the router . Unfortunately i need to use the server for ftp, email, web etc so either need to it to have a static ip address or, as I am trying to do, forward incoming ports to private ip address of the server . I have set router to forward all traffic on port 3389 to the private ip address of my server . Is there something else that I should be doing? Am I doing this part correctly? Any help would be greatly appreciated . Cheers	dameek (8235)
359690	2005-05-30 03:23:00	Depends on what your router/cable modem is. The information isnt totally clear, so: Can you access your Win2k3 server remotely at all? ftp? http? Can you access it for RD? Are you trying to setup an easier way of sorting out connecting to it remotely, rather than remembering your IP each time you reconnect? Whats the question again?? Chill.	Chilling_Silence (9)
359691	2005-05-30 03:39:00	Hi . Thank you for your help . The problem that I am having, is that I cannot access my server using remote desktop from a remote location . I haven't tried accessing the server by http or ftp yet . Will give that a go tonight . I can access it using Remote Desktop from another pc on the same lan by using the private ip address assigned by my router, just not when away from my lan, using my fixed ip address, assigned by isp . Thanks again	dameek (8235)
359692	2005-05-30 04:32:00	try to use a different switch	hoppo_8 (8203)
359693	2005-05-30 04:44:00	Thanks - I had thought of that . Might try it tonight . Cheers	dameek (8235)
359694	2005-05-30 05:53:00	I can access it using Remote Desktop from another pc on the same lan by using the private ip address assigned by my router?????, just not when away from my lan, using my fixed ip address, assigned by isp . Now, does your server have a static or dynamic IP address . On one post I read as though it is static then on this one it reads as though it is dynamic . You have to have the sever with a static IP . RD is working OK as you can do it via the Lan so it has to be your router . Your WAN Ip address is static so all you need is to forward port 3389 to the static IP of the server . Now as this doesn't seem to work try port forward UDP 3389 as well . You shouldn't have to do this but I have had to before to get it to work .	berryb (99)
359695	2005-05-30 06:01:00	First things first: You need to make sure your PC is being seen from the outside world. There is precious little sense in you sitting pretty at your home (if your server is as home for example) and typing in your Real-World IP Address, as most routers dont like that. What you want, is a friend, or somebody from here, to port-scan you and see what they come up with. This will tell you what ports are open for access, so you can work out from there what action needs to be taken. As long as your server, internally on your LAN, has a Static IP address, you should be good to take it from there. Im personally not seeing what trying a second switch would do quite yet, there are many more likely questions that need to be asked before a diagnosis can even begin on what the problem is. Cheers Chill.	Chilling_Silence (9)
359696	2005-05-30 09:26:00	I can access it using Remote Desktop from another pc on the same lan by using the private ip address assigned by my router?????, just not when away from my lan, using my fixed ip address, assigned by isp . Now, does your server have a static or dynamic IP address . On one post I read as though it is static then on this one it reads as though it is dynamic . You have to have the sever with a static IP . RD is working OK as you can do it via the Lan so it has to be your router . Your WAN Ip address is static so all you need is to forward port 3389 to the static IP of the server . Now as this doesn't seem to work try port forward UDP 3389 as well . You shouldn't have to do this but I have had to before to get it to work . Let me see if I can clarify this: My current situation is one server connected to router via ethernet . My router has dhcp enabled so it is assinging ip address to my router . I also have 2 laptops connecting to router via 80 . 11g (wireless) . The laptops also acquire ip addresses from router . The only static ip address is the one being assigned from my cable provider which is currently assigned to the router via the wan port . Are you saying that I have to have to static ip addresses? One for my router and one for my server? Not too sure how I would do that? Thanks again .	dameek (8235)
359697	2005-05-30 09:30:00	First things first: You need to make sure your PC is being seen from the outside world . There is precious little sense in you sitting pretty at your home (if your server is as home for example) and typing in your Real-World IP Address, as most routers dont like that . What you want, is a friend, or somebody from here, to port-scan you and see what they come up with . This will tell you what ports are open for access, so you can work out from there what action needs to be taken . As long as your server, internally on your LAN, has a Static IP address, you should be good to take it from there . Im personally not seeing what trying a second switch would do quite yet, there are many more likely questions that need to be asked before a diagnosis can even begin on what the problem is . Cheers Chill . Thanks heaps, your advise seems very sound . I will have someone attempt to access server from the outside world . Until now I have been mainly trying from within the lan . As for assigning a static ip address to my server . I have tried this before but could not seem to get dhcp set up on the server, which is why i am leaving that up to my router (at least for now, until I am a bit more knowledgable in this area . Just starting mcse now) . I think the other guy was referring to a switch instead of my router . Unless I got this wrong . Thanks heaps again .	dameek (8235)
359698	2005-05-30 12:17:00	Let me see if I can clarify this: Are you saying that I have to have to static ip addresses? One for my router and one for my server? Not too sure how I would do that? Thanks again . Yes Yes and Yes . Even though you have a small network your IP address is unlikely to change but because you are using DHCP it could and prob will when you don't want it to . Any service that you need access to needs a static IP . You have a static WAN, your router is doing DHCP so it must have a static IP already, so all you need to do is give the server a static IP . I am not going to explain "how to", either do a google search or get someone to do it for you . Very simple to do but if you have to ask, you are already out of your depth .	berryb (99)
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