Is there a way to use Remote Desktop from work to home through a firewall?

[MuffD]

I can't seem to figure this out. All I know about our firewall is that our internet uses a proxy and port 8080. I'm trying to find a way to use the Windows Remote desktop program included with Windows XP to log on to my house.

TIA

 

[Arkitech]

good question man, I want to do the exact same thing

I can connect from my home pc to my work pc, but I have to use VPN software to establish a connection. I tried connecting to my home machine from work but I could'nt establish a connect

 

[samgau]

You have to change the RDP port to 8080 or port 80 from its default 3389.... its done through a registry entry... I don't have it with me here but you should be able to search for it.... then once this is done, on the client side you have to specify the port to connect to, ie: server.yourdomain.com:8080 or 80 whichever...

Now... I have never tried the above setting.... just what I read could be done to get through firewalls....

 

[Fritzo]

It works fine for me through the default 3389 port, but some people's firewalls may be more strict with outgoing traffic.

 

[MercenaryForHire]

Open port 3389 on home firewall.
RDP in from work.
Done.

The work proxy means little to nothing here, unless it was set up by a total moron with no concept of a "stateful firewall".

BTW, Networking forum.

- M4H

 

[spidey07]

you're going to have a tough time if you're going thru a proxy. Some proxy servers won't allow non http traffic (that's one of the reasons to use them...it has nothing to do with port numbers).

but if you can change remote desktop to listen on 80, forward port 80 on your home firewall...give it a shot.

 

[Hammer]

yes, its possible. im not going to get into it here because i use it to get around my own work firewall.

 

[Fiveohhh]

Originally posted by: MercenaryForHire
Open port 3389 on home firewall.
RDP in from work.
Done.

The work proxy means little to nothing here, unless it was set up by a total moron with no concept of a "stateful firewall".

BTW, Networking forum.

- M4H

you will need to forward the port if your using some sort of a router

 

[SagaLore]

Originally posted by: samgau
You have to change the RDP port to 8080 or port 80 from its default 3389.... its done through a registry entry... I don't have it with me here but you should be able to search for it.... then once this is done, on the client side you have to specify the port to connect to, ie: server.yourdomain.com:8080 or 80 whichever...

Now... I have never tried the above setting.... just what I read could be done to get through firewalls....

Yes but he also mentioned that Internet traffic is running through a proxy. So even then the connection might not be established.

I would first carefully read your company's Technology Usage policy in case they find out, make sure it isn't prohibited and there are no legal actions they can take against you. Then when that's squared away...

registry setting
web client
securing XP IIS
free ZoneAlarm personal firewall

 

[vi edit]

Download the tsweb client from MS's site and log into your home machine through internet explorer.

On your home end just port forward port 80 to your computers internal IP.

 

[Fritzo]

Originally posted by: vi_edit
Download the tsweb client from MS's site and log into your home machine through internet explorer.

On your home end just port forward port 80 to your computers internal IP.

This is built into Windows XP BTW. No need to download anything.

 

[vi edit]

This is built into Windows XP BTW. No need to download anything.

The tsweb client is built into XP? So, if I enable RDP on an XP machine I can go to another machine, type in the IP address of the RDP box into IE and get an RDP connection without needing an RDP client on the machine I'm trying to access from?

 

[Cr0nJ0b]

You need to either:

1) port forward 3389 through your router -- BIG SECURITY HOLE!

2) Setup a Secure tunnel to the target box and use that to push the 3389 data.

For me, I use SSH from my office to tunnel through both the office firewall and my home firewall. I then forward the RDP packets to my home desktop machine and everything works peachy. In fact, if you are tricky you can even get XP Pro to allow multiple concurrent login sessions, so you don't bump your wife (or others) off the system when you do so.

Here is a link to setting up secure ssh for RDP administration, it's complex but would work.

http://www.winbeta.org/winbeta/forums/index.php?showtopic=2253

 

[SagaLore]

Originally posted by: vi_edit

This is built into Windows XP BTW. No need to download anything.

The tsweb client is built into XP? So, if I enable RDP on an XP machine I can go to another machine, type in the IP address of the RDP box into IE and get an RDP connection without needing an RDP client on the machine I'm trying to access from?

From what I quickly ready, I think it's available in the CABs but it's not setup by default.

 

[Fritzo]

Originally posted by: SagaLore

Originally posted by: vi_edit

This is built into Windows XP BTW. No need to download anything.

The tsweb client is built into XP? So, if I enable RDP on an XP machine I can go to another machine, type in the IP address of the RDP box into IE and get an RDP connection without needing an RDP client on the machine I'm trying to access from?

From what I quickly ready, I think it's available in the CABs but it's not setup by default.

Control Panel\ Add Remove Programs\Add Remove Windows Components\Internet Information Services (IIS)\World Wide Web Service\Remote Desktop Web Connection.

You do need with WinXP CD to install it.

 

[MrScott81]

Originally posted by: Cr0nJ0bIn fact, if you are tricky you can even get XP Pro to allow multiple concurrent login sessions, so you don't bump your wife (or others) off the system when you do so.

Can you explain how you would do this....me interested

 

[SagaLore]

Originally posted by: scottdog81

Originally posted by: Cr0nJ0bIn fact, if you are tricky you can even get XP Pro to allow multiple concurrent login sessions, so you don't bump your wife (or others) off the system when you do so.

Can you explain how you would do this....me interested

xp sp2

 

[Anubis]

i used to just pass port 3389 through my router and it worked, but that stopped working mabye ill try that other thing