Remote Desktop Connection doesn't work for just me

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standish22

OK.

I've got Remote Desktop setup on my Win98SE laptop. It worked fine at
my house. I am now at my parents house and it doesn't. I brought my
linksys rounter from home, so that is the same and my computer is the
same. I just set my router up to my parents DSL modem. It's just
weird that my brother's Remote Desktop works OK (on a different
laptop), but mine doesn't. I can use internet fine thru the wireless.

The error I get is that the connection timed out and to try again.

If I take my computer to my sister's house, I CAN use remote desktop w/
the wireless setup at her house.

Any ideas?

Thanks...
 
So what PC are you trying to connect to?

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The computer I'm trying to access is XP Prof 2002, sp2.

I forgot to also mention that the router is not connected to a PC, it's
just the DSL Modem and the router. This setup has worked for me in the
past, and it works for my brother.

Seems like it has to do w/ the wireless router, since I'm using remote
desktop now at my sister's house...
 
Hmmm... Have you tried to ping the RDP host PC? Have you tried a
release/renew of the IP address your laptop is getting from the router?

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I know how to "Ping", but how do you release/renew the IP address?

I'll try those things and see what happens.
 
Go to "Start | Run" and type cmd at the command window. At the prompt use
the command...

ipconfig /release
ipconfig /renew

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When I ping w/ the connection that doesn't work I get the following:
Pinging X.X.X.X with 32 bytes of data:

Request timed out.
Request timed out.
Request timed out.
Request timed out.

Ping statistics for X.X.X.X:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 0, Lost = 4 (100% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 0ms, Maximum = 0ms, Average = 0ms


I also tried the release and renew, and that didn't do anything.
 
What IP is your laptop getting? Use the ipconfig command.

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C:\WINDOWS\Desktop>ipconfig

Windows 98 IP Configuration

0 Ethernet adapter :

IP Address. . . . . . . . . : 0.0.0.0
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . : 0.0.0.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . :

1 Ethernet adapter :

IP Address. . . . . . . . . : 0.0.0.0
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . : 0.0.0.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . :

2 Ethernet adapter :

IP Address. . . . . . . . . : 10.0.0.11
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . : 255.0.0.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . : 10.0.0.2


I am able to Ping 10.0.0.11 and 10.0.0.2. I am not able to ping
255.0.0.0
 
Well, the 10.0.0.11 IP is your laptop IP address. I meant can you ping the
IP of the PC your trying to connect to with RDP? What is the IP of the RDP
host? Is it in the 10.0.0.X address range?

Also, the subnet looks funky to me. On my XP Pro laptop the subnet mask is
255.255.255.0... Also, generally the gateway address is a X.X.X.1 address
for most home users and consumer grade routers...although that can be
anything you setup to be fair...Is your router's LAN IP 10.0.0.2?

I had forgotten your laptop client is a W98 box. You can use the command
winipcfg in the "Start | Run" command window. From there you can also do a
release/renew of the IP address.

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;141698

http://www.practicallynetworked.com/support/winipcfg.htm

http://lan2wan.com/~support/winipcfg.html

I am also still not clear on what PC your trying to connect to using RDP and
how it is connected to the public internet?

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