VPN Woes Also.....Please Help

Subject: VPN Woes Also....Please Help
From: "Rose" <DaCatNU@bellsouth.net>
Sent: 5/30/2004 1:51:52 AM

I've been having the same issues, setting up a VPN
connection for Remote Desktop between my work NT
workstation and my home XP PC.

What I'm trying to do:
From work, I'm wanting to use Remote Desktop to control my
home PC due to the strict internet surfing protocals here
at my job. Now I know this works because I watched a co
worker do the same thing (but they are more network savy
than I).

The Problem I'm having:
As the user before me posted, I'm getting the same error
code 678. "The remote computer did not respond within a
reasonable amount of time. If you specified an IP address
directly please check it. If connecting over a Modem
please make sure the Modem connection is already running,
and try again."

Where I think the problems lies:
Could it be that even though I have enabled Remote access
to my home PC that i still need to disable my firewall at
home? If so, what kind of protection can I use so that my
system isn't "hacked" if my firewall is no longer in place.

Secondly, if I don't need to disable my firewall...I saw
some other options I thought might be related. Under
properties for the Remote Desktop, I saw the Port setting
(port 3389). Do I need to still enable those ports and/or
other setting (like internet mail pop, etc.) to fully take
advantage of Remote Desktop Connection?

Any ideas? I'm appreciatve of any help.

Thanks,
Rose


>-----Original Message-----
>Hi all. I've been trying to connect to a Windows XP
>remote server but have been getting the message:
>
>"Dial-Up Networking was unable to complete the connection.
>
>Error: 678
>
>The remote computer did not respond within a reasonable
>amount of time. If you specified an IP address directly
>please check it. If connecting over a Modem please make
>sure the Modem connection is already running, and try
>again."
>
>I am not connecting through a modem. I have a DSL
>connection and I'm certain the remote server is set up
>correctly. Well...fairly certain. Any ideas?

Generally speaking you don't need to setup a VPN in order to use Remote Desktop. Look at this page
for help with that...

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/p...op/default.asp

Call your home XP Pro PC, running Remote Desktop, using its public IP address. If the PC is behind a
firewall/NAT/router then you need to have TCP Port 3389 forwarded/open on the firewall/NAT/router.

Post additional questions concerning XP Pro Remote Desktop to the
microsoft.public.windowsxp.work_remotely news group.

--
Al Jarvi (MS-MVP Windows Networking)

Please post *ALL* questions and replies to the news group for the mutual benefit of all of us...
The MS-MVP Program - http://mvp.support.microsoft.com
This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights...

"Rose" <DaCatNU@bellsouth.net> wrote in message news:153e701c44623$f05b9530$a501280a@phx.gbl...
> Subject: VPN Woes Also....Please Help
> From: "Rose" <DaCatNU@bellsouth.net>
> Sent: 5/30/2004 1:51:52 AM
>
> I've been having the same issues, setting up a VPN
> connection for Remote Desktop between my work NT
> workstation and my home XP PC.
>
> What I'm trying to do:
> From work, I'm wanting to use Remote Desktop to control my
> home PC due to the strict internet surfing protocals here
> at my job. Now I know this works because I watched a co
> worker do the same thing (but they are more network savy
> than I).
>
> The Problem I'm having:
> As the user before me posted, I'm getting the same error
> code 678. "The remote computer did not respond within a
> reasonable amount of time. If you specified an IP address
> directly please check it. If connecting over a Modem
> please make sure the Modem connection is already running,
> and try again."
>
> Where I think the problems lies:
> Could it be that even though I have enabled Remote access
> to my home PC that i still need to disable my firewall at
> home? If so, what kind of protection can I use so that my
> system isn't "hacked" if my firewall is no longer in place.
>
> Secondly, if I don't need to disable my firewall...I saw
> some other options I thought might be related. Under
> properties for the Remote Desktop, I saw the Port setting
> (port 3389). Do I need to still enable those ports and/or
> other setting (like internet mail pop, etc.) to fully take
> advantage of Remote Desktop Connection?
>
> Any ideas? I'm appreciatve of any help.
>
> Thanks,
> Rose
>
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>Hi all. I've been trying to connect to a Windows XP
>>remote server but have been getting the message:
>>
>>"Dial-Up Networking was unable to complete the connection.
>>
>>Error: 678
>>
>>The remote computer did not respond within a reasonable
>>amount of time. If you specified an IP address directly
>>please check it. If connecting over a Modem please make
>>sure the Modem connection is already running, and try
>>again."
>>
>>I am not connecting through a modem. I have a DSL
>>connection and I'm certain the remote server is set up
>>correctly. Well...fairly certain. Any ideas?