councillor Posted April 15, 2003 Share Posted April 15, 2003 I dual-boot Win2000 on C:\> and XP pro on D:\>.Both access the internet via DSL thru the above mentioned router...I would like to fix things at times for my sis (has XP) thats in another city...but can't understand what i need to config...including the router. Yu see, i don't know crap about networking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scot Posted April 16, 2003 Share Posted April 16, 2003 Hi, Councillor. I think the cool thing is that none of us knows much about networking. I only started seriously learning networking when Windows for Workgroups 3.11 came out. And everything I know (like everything else), has come from the school of hard knocks. But the thing about networking is that it's s-o variable from network to network. And lots of config options. Sometimes it's hard to figure out.So, anyway, about your question: I didn't really follow what you want to do that you can't do. Are you trying to remote access your sister's computer? Or is there something about your router you're having a hard time figuring out? I didn't quite follow! Could you explain?-- Scot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peachy Posted April 16, 2003 Share Posted April 16, 2003 Councillor,I'm assuming you're thinking about using either Remote Desktop or Remote Help to fix your sibling's PC? If that's the case then you must tell the Linksys router to forward port 3389 from the IP address of the machine that you will use to reach her's. Depending on her set up, she will have to allow port 3389 to be opened, too. If she doesn't have a hardware router then also make sure she turns off XP's firewall or at least allowing port 3389 through. Hope this helps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scot Posted April 17, 2003 Share Posted April 17, 2003 If Peachy is right in assuming that you want to do Remote Assistance or Remote Desktop Web Connection (the formal names), then you got the right advice about port 3389 (natch). But I would also add that in my use of the router you have, and others from Linksys that are very similar, I haven't found I had to configure anything -- although, in particular, you may have to do this with Remote Assistance (or your sister may have to, or both). That activity is more likely to be tripped up by your router.Remote Assistance is cool because it allows your sister to grant you temporary access to her PC which times out. And the access begins from clicking a token in an email message (or at least, that's one way to get it going). But RDWC is a lot more convenient for you, IMO. It's just that it's something she has to enable on her computer, and then would probably want to disable. (Enabling it involves going to Control Panel > Add/Remove > Windows Setup > navigating to options add-on several levels deep.)'Hope this info is useful.-- Scot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GolfProRM Posted April 17, 2003 Share Posted April 17, 2003 One other thing to add... you'll have to have your sister enable either Remote Assistance or Remote Desktop in the System Properties window..To do this, right click on My Computer, Select Properties, Go to Remote Tab, and Check the box for whichever service you're going to use. Without doing this, neither will work Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peachy Posted April 17, 2003 Share Posted April 17, 2003 But I would also add that in my use of the router you have, and others from Linksys that are very similar, I haven't found I had to configured anything -- although, in particular, you may have to do this with Remote Assistance (or your sister may have to, or both)Scot, Within your intranet you would not have to enable port forwarding on port 3389, but I can't believe the router is automatically allowing access via 3389 from the internet!??! I ran a test using a dialup modem to my DSL and could not get in without the port forwarding. My Linksys log always shows that packets sent to 3389 get dropped at the router. Phil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scot Posted April 18, 2003 Share Posted April 18, 2003 Peachy, it is possible you're right. First, I'm not talking about just on my LAN but over the Internet. There are two things that potentially come into play, and are worth mentioning:1. I'm not using the BEFSR41, I'm using a different Linksys model. The firmware is very similar though.2. It's quite possible that I allowed that port a long time ago and forgot that I had. I know I've had to allow it manually with several software firewalls that I've used. With Sygate Personal Firewall Pro 5.0, for example, you DO have to enable that port on an intranet to make RDC work, nevermind RDWC or RA. It's the only product I'm aware of that you do.Testing as many routers and software firewalls as I do, one thing you learn is that they are all quite different. More different than you might think. Routers in particular vary quite a bit in how much protection they really give you. They're not firewalls, as you know. I don't know if you test a lot too, but after a while, it's hard to keep the particulars of any one product in your head. You may well be right about the Linksys routers. When I get a chance, I'll check the configs and test it again.Thanks for jumping in to clarify!-- Scot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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