IP address

  • Thread starter Thread starter Guest
  • Start date Start date
No, but it does make life easier...

You need to use the public IP address or a fully qualified domain name in
order to access the remote PC over the public internet. If your behind a
router then you would need to forward/open TCP Port 3389 to the private LAN
IP of the remote PC, and call using the public IP address or a fully
qualified domain name of the router.

If your ISP provides a static IP address, one that never changes, use that.
If your ISP provides a dynamic IP address, one that changes every so often,
then you might look into using one of the dynamic DNS services that map the
dynamic IP address to a fully qualified domain name. I use No-IP.com (FREE).
In my case I simply use the name to call.

Example:

myalias.noip.com

Additional dynamic dns information...

http://www.remotenetworktechnology.com/ow.asp?Remote_Network_Home/Connections

In all cases the PC behind the router, ie. the PC you want to access/control
with RDP, should be using a static private LAN IP address.

http://www.portforward.com/networking/static-xp.htm

--

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...
 
Thanks Al,

If I set up both machines with a standard static IP address, ie
192.168.16.1, is this likely to cause a conflict?

Should the IP address on the Remote PC be in the same range as the Router ie
192.168.0.1 (Router) & 192.168.0.2 (PC)?

Thanks

Tonky
 
This page illustrates how my home LAN addressing is setup to use static
private LAN IP addresses for my two XP Pro desktops.

http://theillustratednetwork.mvps.org/LAN/The_Illustrated_Network.html

In my case I use 192.168.11.X addresses based on my use of a Buffalo WBR-G54
router.

In the case of Remote Desktop it does not matter what the remote address
range is in, ie. I can RD into my home LAN from a remote PC with a
192.168.11.11 address to my home XP Pro box that also uses a 192.168.11.11
address.

--

Al Jarvi (MS-MVP Windows Networking)

Please post *ALL* questions and replies to the news group for the mutual
benefit of all of us...
 
Back
Top