Remote Desktop Web Connection Help Please

Hello all,

Here is my story; I am wanting to RDP to my home computer from my office. However I am behind some sort of a proxy or symantic security software or both. So I figured that is the reason I am unabel to use the Remote Desktop Connection client to connect. So I decided to try Remote Desktop Web Connection, since I am able to browse the Interenet. I have installed all the nesssesarry IIS components on the host XP SP1 Box and forwarded all the needed ports; and I am able to get to my tsweb/Default.htm page. However when I click Connect I get the "The client could not connenct to teh remote computer. ..." message. I tried to enter my computer name into the Server text field and that brings up "Teh specified remote computer could not be found ..." error message. When I try to enter the DHCP IP in the Srver filed (although U shouldnt have to sicne from what I understand I have alredy got through the router) I again get the "The client could not connenct to the remote computer. ..." message.

I might be wrong but my understanding is this problem hasnt to do with my being behind a proxy or a firewall anymore, since I am alredy at my IIS's tsweb/Default.htm page. Unless, maybe once the connection is attmepted and a responce is returend from the host to the clinet ActiveX it is trying to come through some port that teh proxy is bloking. But shouldn't all the trafic come in thtough port 80 on the clinet side, hence Remote Desktop Web Connection. Also teh same symptoms persist when trying to use the Web connection from anotehr computer that I know is not behind a proxy, in fact i even tryied to connect from a computer that is on teh same LAN as the host - same results.

Anyway those are my thoughts. Any ideas are appreciated.

Thanks for everyon's time

Arkady.

If you have a router at home, open up port 3389 and have it foward to the IP of the machine that you want to connect to.

Veamon:

I have done that. However you bring me to a good point. There is another weird thing going on. From the get go, before I decided to try Web Connection and used the XP client, I have changed the default port 3389 to xxxx in the Registry (for security reasons). Now I have changed it back to default in order to simplify things with teh Web Conencgtion. However when I try to connect via XP (non-web) client using host's IP address (through default listening port) it doesnt work. WHen I use IPaddress:xxxx (xxxx is the port I used to use) it works, even though I have changed it back to deault 3389 in teh Registry. In any case both ports the default and the one that I used to use are forwarded.

It could be then that wherever you're coming from is blocking the outgoing port, either for RDP or it's web version. My company blocks outgoing 3389, but I can SSH into my computer and then connect via tunneling. I dont have the link, but google for OpenSSH and install it on that machine, then use something like Bitvise Tunnelier and see if that helps. At least it will be more secure if you can get it working.

Have you also tried using VNC? It uses port 5900, and might work instead.

Thanks Veamon,

I will try it on Monday. Will get back here with results .