Re: remore desktop ...
- From: bns_robson@xxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: 4 Jan 2006 15:53:08 -0800
> > rdrunner40 wrote:
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > I have a windows xp pro sp2 pc and i want to connect to my friends pc
> > in London ,.... to help them out.
> >
> > They also have a XP Pro SP2 pc as well..
> >
> > both of the routers are BT Voyager 2091 routers wireless .... both
> > are connected to the pc via ethernet cable.
rdrunner40 wrote:
> Whilst i understand how it works ... the basic question was how do i get
> thru the two bt routers ......
>
> This is the bit that i am having trouble with as seem to have NAT
> enabled by default on both routers.
>
> I have got my IP address and my friends also ... but that is only of
> the router ... i still cannot connect to the actual PC ... so i am
> assuming that there is settings to change here some where here to
> change ....
>
> roadrunner
>
If you are going to use only Microsoft software and follow Microsoft's
recommend method, what you need to do is establish a Virtual Private
Network connection beteen your network and your friends network (The
alternative is just Port Forwarding the Remote Desktop port(s)). The
benifits of VPN are
1) It encrypts the communication between your two PCs
2) It allows all network applications to be used (e.g. File/Printer
sharing, networked games) not just Remote Desktop.
I haven't done it for about 6 years (I was using NT) and don't have
access to a BT Voyager 2091 at the moment but the procedure to make a
VPN connection is
1) Ensure that you are not both using the same network addresses. The
BT Voyager defaults to using network 192.168.1.xxx. You are going to
have to change one BT voyager to a different network address (e.g.
192.168.2.xxx). This requires the IP address and the addresses given
out by the DHCP server to be changed. You are then going to have to
also change the address of the PC connected to this BT voyager. If the
PC is using a static address the change will have to be made on the PC.
If the PC gets its address via DHCP from the BT voyager you need to get
the PC to renew its address.
2) Chose which PC will be the VPN server and which will be the VPN
client. I would recommend that you make your friends PC the server as
this requires less work from him/her each time you make a connection.
It does however require more configuration initially.
3) Perform initial configuration at the VPN server end
a) configure the BT Voyager to port forward the VPN port to the
VPN server PC. The BT voyager has VPN one of its preconfigured options
that you can select. You don't need to enter the port number manually.
b) If you are not going to use the Administrator account, setup a
user account on the server PC for the client to use (ensure the account
is allowed to logon remotely).
c) configure the VPN server software on the server PC.
4) Each time the VPN client wants to make a connection
a) get the person at the server end to tell the person at the
client end the Internet address being used by BT voyager at the server
end. This can be found from the webpages of the BT voyager.
b) Create a network connection to a VPN server at this Internet
address. n.b. after the first time you will just be changing the
Internet address in the network connection you used the previous time.
c) connect using this connection
see
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/mobility/expert/vpns.mspx
p.s. The steps 4(a) and 4(b) can be avoided by having the VPN server
end use Dynamic DNS and entering the VPN server's dynamic dns name in
the client's network connection. The BT Voyager does support two
Dynamic DNS services but I believe these are ones you have to pay for;
not free services.
.
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