RayG typed this:
I have Remote Desktop enabled on my home PC with the
Allow remote users to connection option selected. The
problem is that whenever I attempt to connect to my home
PC from another connection, it never seems to work. I'm
entering my IP address in the Remote Desktop connection
window on the remote WinXP PC and entering my username
and password. It just times out. Any suggestions?
RAy,
Remember that the IP address you 'believe' you see MAY not
be the one the ISP is broadcasting to the 'world'... and
it is THAT outside IP address you need to connect to.
Usually today's modems are really modems/routers and
the router provides (thru DHCP, dynamic host configuration
protocols) a 'private' IP class scheme. But the MODEM is
provided ITS own IP address by the ISP and, again, usually
it is dynamic... if you knew how to gain access to the
'router' end of the Modem/Router combo (if that is how
your access is setup - heck you may be using dial up?)
then you could check status or WAN settings and you would
see the IP address being used on the OUTSIDE portion of
the connection(called WAN for wide area network)... but
you can also run over to
www.grc.com (as this is as good
as any - you could use netstat or ipconfig but you need
to know the switches) and HIT the SHIELDS UP test.. it
will tell you before it runs WHAT your WAN IP address is.
It is that IP address you want to connect to.. and, as
mentioned, you will need to access the ROUTER and port
forward ANY remote Desktop connection activity to your
LAN side IP address.. the one you get when you do a
CMD (command prompt in a dos box) of IPCONFIG /ALL...
it will give you your LAN or local area network address.
it is to THAT IP address you port forward... HTH
