Remote Desktop 2 PC's behind router

Is it possible to use remote desktop to connect to 2 different PC's behind an
ADSL router with a dynamic IP address from an ISP. I think the answer is no,
but am just checking. I can set port forwarding on the router to 1 of the
PC's but if I have 2, how will the port rule know which PC I wish to connect
to.

I have 2 users that wish to simultaniously connect to their work PC's from
home via Remote Desktop Sharing

I think I will have to get 5 fixed IP's from BT but obiously, the line cost
will increase....

Any confirmation on this would be great.

> Is it possible to use remote desktop to connect to 2 different PC's behind
> an
> ADSL router with a dynamic IP address from an ISP. I think the answer is
> no

I *think* the answer is yes!

Firstly you need to sign-up with www.no-ip.com. They give you a fixed domain
name which when looked up always resolves to your machines IP address even
after it has changed. This is done by installign a small client on your
machine that informs no-ip each time you IP address changes. I use the free
version and it works just fine!

Then for each machine you need to remote desktop to you'll need to use
different ports. You'll forward each port on your router to a different
machine. Then when you come to connect using remote desktop you'll have to
not only specify the IP address you want to connect to but also the port
since its not the standard RDP port (your_ip_addressort_num). That way
your router will know which machine should get the RDP traffic.

HTH

> Is it possible to use remote desktop to connect to 2 different PC's behind
an
> ADSL router with a dynamic IP address from an ISP. I think the answer is
no,
> but am just checking. I can set port forwarding on the router to 1 of the
> PC's but if I have 2, how will the port rule know which PC I wish to
connect
> to.
>
> I have 2 users that wish to simultaniously connect to their work PC's from
> home via Remote Desktop Sharing
>
> I think I will have to get 5 fixed IP's from BT but obiously, the line
cost
> will increase....
>
> Any confirmation on this would be great.

1. Dynamic dns will help. Your work router might have that capability.
2. While you can setup a different RDP port for each host and that will
work, I suugest to install VPN server. That way you have better security and
much more flexible solution.

See this page, with examples, for a method that requires you to open
multiple ports on your firewall...

http://theillustratednetwork.mvps.or...ple_PC_RD.html

Otherwise a VPN or SSH tunnel solution would also work. Here is an older
implementation of the SSH tunnel method.

http://theillustratednetwork.mvps.or...VNCandSSH.html

Personally I use CopSSH, as the SSH server, and Tunnelier, as the client, to
do the very same thing...

http://www.broadbandreports.com/forum/remark,14687267

VPN information...

http://www.onecomputerguy.com/networ...vpn_server.htm
http://www.onecomputerguy.com/networking/xp_vpn.htm

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"Alan" <Alan@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:E166F999-8088-4C0F-B349-2501CE1E34D3@microsoft.com...
> Is it possible to use remote desktop to connect to 2 different PC's behind
> an
> ADSL router with a dynamic IP address from an ISP. I think the answer is
> no,
> but am just checking. I can set port forwarding on the router to 1 of the
> PC's but if I have 2, how will the port rule know which PC I wish to
> connect
> to.
>
> I have 2 users that wish to simultaniously connect to their work PC's from
> home via Remote Desktop Sharing
>
> I think I will have to get 5 fixed IP's from BT but obiously, the line
> cost
> will increase....
>
> Any confirmation on this would be great.
>
>
>

I do this all the time to access two Remote machines over the same
global Ip address

What I do is all in the router.

port 3389 fowards to computer 1 at port 3389
port 3388 fowards to computer 2 at port 3389

so when I want to connect to computer 1 I just just my home no-ip
address
and when I want to go to computer 2 I use my no-ip address and add
:3388

name.no-ip.org:3389 computer 1
name.no-ip.org:3388 computer 2

this saves me the trouble of reconfiguring the computers and simplifies
it all.

Its funny that all you people go through the hassle of VPN Dynamic DNS
and all that.

Just use No-ip like that one guy does and do it like that...

No-ip handles the dynamic ip address and the port fowards handles which
computer that you want to access to.

The advantage of using a VPN or SSH tunnel for this is that you only need to
open one port on the firewall in order to access multiple machines.

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"den85nis" <den85nis@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1131738160.675041.125480@g43g2000cwa.googlegr oups.com...
>I do this all the time to access two Remote machines over the same
> global Ip address
>
> What I do is all in the router.
>
> port 3389 fowards to computer 1 at port 3389
> port 3388 fowards to computer 2 at port 3389
>
> so when I want to connect to computer 1 I just just my home no-ip
> address
> and when I want to go to computer 2 I use my no-ip address and add
> :3388
>
> name.no-ip.org:3389 computer 1
> name.no-ip.org:3388 computer 2
>
> this saves me the trouble of reconfiguring the computers and simplifies
> it all.
>
> Its funny that all you people go through the hassle of VPN Dynamic DNS
> and all that.
>
> Just use No-ip like that one guy does and do it like that...
>
> No-ip handles the dynamic ip address and the port fowards handles which
> computer that you want to access to.
>