hillbie

This is how to set up Terminal Services

I found this post in the middle of something and thought I would repost it with a better title for all us who don't know what we are doing....

THANKS!

It's from raptoheli2....

ok people. messed about with the setting up of it and got it too work. pretty obvious when you get into it.

1. you MUST have a password enabaled account on your main windows computer. (i'll assume xp pro is being used)

to do this click on start, control panel, user account, select the appropriate account, click change my password. (any password is suitable) once this is done log off and log on or reboot and login under that user name and password.

2. goto control panel, system, click "remote" tab, ensure you click "allow users to connect remotely to this computer"

3. now we need either the IP address of the PC or its name. but the ip address is more reliable. to get the IP click start, run, type "cmd", in the resulting window type "ipconfig/all", make a note of the IP address.
to get the name of the computer goto control panel, system, "computer name" tab, make a note of the "full computer name"

this is the PC setup to receive the client (PDA)

now working with the PDA-

1. click start, programs, terminal services, enter the name of the computer or the IP address we wrote down before in step number 3 above. either the IP or computer name will do. also enter the password of the PC which we did in step one above. click connect and fit screen if you wish.

2. you should now be presented with the windows PC account on your PDA, all you do now is type in your username and password for the PC account and your done.

(should point out, if you use a router and it's setup for DHCP then you might not get the same IP issued to the PC every time. so in this case using the full computer name would be wise)

PLEASE NOTE, if the above doesn't work then try deleting any VPN settings you had set previously. you can do this by navigating to the setup of the networkcard and find the VPN entry and push and hold the entry and a pop up box will appear. hit delete. then repeat above.

hope this helps.

cheers

hillbie

I followed the instructions and was able to logon to my computer at home (yea!), but I can't get on my computer at work. I think I might need to change something in the router. Any ideas?

Thanks
Hillary

lazyart

Originally Posted by hillbie

I followed the instructions and was able to logon to my computer at home (yea!), but I can't get on my computer at work. I think I might need to change something in the router. Any ideas? Thanks Hillary

Forgive me if this is a dead post...

To access your computer from the outside world:

1- Assign the PC you wish to access a static IP through TCP/IP protocol of the NIC. It has to match your router's subnet... if your router is 192.168.1.1, then use 192.168.1.100 for the PC.
2- Forward port 3389 in your router to the static IP address you assigned in step 1.
3- Determine your router's external IP address. You will see it somewhere in it's info/setup screens. Referred to as external IP or WAN IP.
4- Enter that address as the computer you wish to log in to in terminal services client.
when you are away from home.

BAM, you are in.

Not usually that simple though. For most folks, their ISP changes the WAN IP periodically. It can change several times a week or several times a day. What you need is the equivalent of a P.O. Box so that no matter what the address is, just send stuff to this PO Box and it will get to the correct destination.

Go to DynDNS.org and set up a totally free account. With this you can pick a domain name as your PO Box. You can get one that says aximrocks.homeip.net for instance... then anytime you type in aximrocks.homeip.net, it would look to DynDNS.org which would redirect the request to the IP address it has in it's database. All you have to do is let DynDNS.org know that your IP address has changed.

Oh, you have better things to do than update your IP address? And besides, you can only tell if it's changed when you are at home... and when you are at home, well, you don't need it because you access by computer name or internal IP address (192.168.x.x).

Check Dyndns.org for update clients. These programs (some free, some not) run on your PC and periodically check your IP address. If it changes it lets Dyndns.org know so that it can update it's tables. Put it in your startup folder and let it run silently in the background. Then, where ever you are, fire up your Ax, use Terminal Services Client, punch in the name you have set up at Dyndns.org and you will see your computer's login screen.

BTW- these same steps allow you to connect from any PC running Windows XP's Remote Desktop Connection (which is Terminal Services Client enhanced).

If you are like me and have multiple computers networked, you have to pick one to use as a gateway from the outside. Once in, use remote desktop from that machine to log into a second one. Remote Desktop Client is free for Windows ME at microsoft's website in case you are not running XP at home.

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It tells me "The terminal server ended the connection or a network error occured."

Any ideas what the problem is??

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nairb2000

Here's a handy tip for not having to have a user account with password for logging in via Terminal services:

On XP machine:
Goto Control Panel
Click on "Administrative Tools" and open "Local Security Policy"
Go to "Local Policies" and "Local Security Settings"
and set "Accounts: Limit local account use of blank password to console logon only" to disabled.

The next time you logon via Remote Terminal Services you only have to give the "Username", thereafter Remote Terminal services remembers this username so you just have to hit OK.