I will try this first

"*If* the bosses machine has a publically accessible IP address, thenall you
need to do is open the Remote Desktop port (3389) through his Windows
Firewall." All the client PC and the boss home PC use "Auto IP"

He is a RDU member. I'm not sure but I think he has Remote Desktop enable in
his Firewall. I 1st had his pc connected to the network at work before i took
it to his home. It worked fine when it was connected to the LAN. The Firewall
is grayed out and I could not disable it to do a test yesterday. If RD port
3389 is open I would disable the Firewall (using Group Policy) in order to do
a test.

Do I need Connection Manager, and where do I get it. I used sbspackage.exe
not sure if it worked.


"Shenan Stanley" wrote:

> Donovan wrote:
> > Thanks for your replay Shenan
> >
> > I am responsible for the network at work. (I'm not a expert) 5
> > clients & 1 SBS 2003
> > server. all using xP Pro. I am trying to get the boss new pc @ home
> > (XP Pro) connected to his PC @ work. using
> > http://xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx/remote I can connect to outlook and read/send
> > e-mail. I also see all the clients pc's and the server, BUT can not
> > connect to any of them. I will try disable the firewall tomorrow and
> > see what happens. (RDC) would not connect give error message.
> >
> > Shenan do I need to install any thing before I setup/use RDC?
>
> *If* the bosses machine has a publically accessible IP address, thenall you
> need to do is open the Remote Desktop port (3389) through his Windows
> Firewall.
>
> *If* the bosses machine has a privately assigned IP address, then the proper
> port must be forwarded through whatever setup you have to their machine.
> The boss would then use the public IP address to access their machine.
>
> Also - the boss must have an account on the machine that is a member of the
> Remote Desktop Users group and must have a password assigned. It can be a
> domain account - as long as that account is a member of the Remote Desktop
> Users group - or a member of a group that is already a member of the RDU
> group.
>
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