remote desktop to 2nd PC behind router, How?

[gychang]

I have 2 PC's at home PC-A is connected to a router, 2nd PC-B downstairs on wireless connection. I have to connect to PC-B from work, all running windows XP Professional.

With router configured with forwarding, I can connect from work to PC-A, but can not seem to connect to PC-B.

From work I connect to PC-A from IP address (obtained from ipmonkey) but how do I specify I want to connect to PC-B? (which has local IP of 192.168.1.3), rather than PC-A (local IP 192.168.1.2) which seems to be the default.

Basic question is from work I connect remotely to PC-A (attached to netgear router) but how do I specify connection to PC-B with different local IP.

gychang

 

[Rafael]

Since you setup the router portforwarding to PC-A (192.168.1.2), you just have to change the IP to 192.168.1.3, so it will forward straight to PC-B from your work computer.

 

[AnnonUSA]

you can set up forwards to two different pc's on the inside of the router, just change the port that Remote Desktop listens on in the registry. Note that unless the PC's are set with static IP's that the addresses can change and render these settings useless.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/306759

 

[USAFdude02]

Actually the easier way of doing this is to port forward on the router. So instead of just connecting to your public address you would specify and address.

Here PC-A is 192.168.1.2 and PC-B is 192.168.1.3. RDP uses port 3389 (I believe). Go to your router and specify a outside port like 5000 and say translate that to port 3389 and send to 192.168.1.2. Then you can setup port 5001 for to forward to port 3389 on 192.168.1.3.

When you go to remote desktop put in the IP or the DynDNS address and put a :5000 or :5001 behind it. Your router should send you to the PC you specified.

 

[gychang]

Originally posted by: USAFdude02

Go to your router and specify a outside port like 5000 and say translate that to port 3389 and send to 192.168.1.2. Then you can setup port 5001 for to forward to port 3389 on 192.168.1.3.

I am unsure how to "translate that to port 3389..."

on my Netgear RangeMax WPNT834, port forwarding page has:

Service Name: Remote1
start port: 3389
end port: 3389
server IP address: 192.168.1.2

Do I add?:
Service Name: Remote2
start port: 5000
end port: 3389
192.168.1.3
---

will this allow me to remote control by widenet ip adderss (from ipmonkey):5000 let me into my PC-B?

thanks in advance.

gychang

 

[mcmilljb]

Originally posted by: gychang

Originally posted by: USAFdude02

Go to your router and specify a outside port like 5000 and say translate that to port 3389 and send to 192.168.1.2. Then you can setup port 5001 for to forward to port 3389 on 192.168.1.3.

I am unsure how to "translate that to port 3389..."

on my Netgear RangeMax WPNT834, port forwarding page has:

Service Name: Remote1
start port: 3389
end port: 3389
server IP address: 192.168.1.2

Do I add?:
Service Name: Remote2
start port: 5000
end port: 3389
192.168.1.3
---

will this allow me to remote control by widenet ip adderss (from ipmonkey):5000 let me into my PC-B?

thanks in advance.

gychang

I looked at the manual, and it appears it does the ip address translation based on the port it receives from the WAN. So you need to tell it you want to do a single port translation based on the port you want to use for RDP.

So make it:
Service Name: Remote2
start port: 5000
end port: 5000
192.168.1.3

When you send a a request to your public ip address on port 5000, it will be translated to 192.168.1.3 on port 5000. You can look at the manual here.

 

[JackMDS]

This page deal with another Remote Program and how to access few computer through the Internet.

The principle is the same to any other application as well.

Look toward the end, http://www.ezlan.net/vnc.html

 

[Emulex]

terminal services gateway (windows 2008) can multiplex one dmz port to many internal pc's.

or just change each pc's listening port (google it) and punch those thru the firewall.

 

[gychang]

Originally posted by: mcmilljb

Originally posted by: gychang

Originally posted by: USAFdude02

Go to your router and specify a outside port like 5000 and say translate that to port 3389 and send to 192.168.1.2. Then you can setup port 5001 for to forward to port 3389 on 192.168.1.3.

I am unsure how to "translate that to port 3389..."

on my Netgear RangeMax WPNT834, port forwarding page has:

Service Name: Remote1
start port: 3389
end port: 3389
server IP address: 192.168.1.2

Do I add?:
Service Name: Remote2
start port: 5000
end port: 3389
192.168.1.3
---

will this allow me to remote control by widenet ip adderss (from ipmonkey):5000 let me into my PC-B?

thanks in advance.

gychang

I looked at the manual, and it appears it does the ip address translation based on the port it receives from the WAN. So you need to tell it you want to do a single port translation based on the port you want to use for RDP.

So make it:
Service Name: Remote2
start port: 5000
end port: 5000
192.168.1.3

When you send a a request to your public ip address on port 5000, it will be translated to 192.168.1.3 on port 5000. You can look at the manual here.

How will I choose PC-A, or PC-B connection from work?, actually need to access both at different times.

access: A: public IP
access B: public IP:5000?

will these syntex work?

thanks so much for your efforts.

gychang

 

[Emulex]

pc a: 3389 you'd terminal service to yourip (since its the default port)
pc b: 3390 you'd terminal service to yourip:3390

works great.

i've got 3 RDP's going to 3 remote machiens right now this way.

 

[gychang]

Originally posted by: Emulex
pc a: 3389 you'd terminal service to yourip (since its the default port)
pc b: 3390 you'd terminal service to yourip:3390

works great.

i've got 3 RDP's going to 3 remote machiens right now this way.

great, will try it.

is there a "space" after colon?

gychang

 

[gychang]

Originally posted by: Emulex
pc a: 3389 you'd terminal service to yourip (since its the default port)
pc b: 3390 you'd terminal service to yourip:3390

works great.

i've got 3 RDP's going to 3 remote machiens right now this way.

thanks, your method works.

gychang

 

[mc866]

Thanks for the info in this thread been wondering how to do this also!