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Here’s my question. Is there anyway to workaround a firewall with Remote Desktop? I have an XP pro machine at my college dorm that I want to be able to access over the weekend while I’m home. The school has a firewall up. Is there anyway around this? My thinking was possible to try to run Remote Desktop on a port other than 3389. Would Remote Desktop run on a port like 80, or 8080, or some other common port that a firewall wouldn’t be blocking?

If not, is there any other free remote administration solution that would be usable in this scenario

Thanks in advance for your hel

-nic
 
Yes, you can change the listening port. Look at these KB articles for help with that...

READ THIS ARTICLE FIRST...

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;322756

How to change the Remote Desktop listening port...etc...

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q306759
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q304304

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nick said:
Here’s my question. Is there anyway to workaround a firewall with Remote Desktop? I have an XP
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pro machine at my college dorm that I want to be able to access over the weekend while I’m home.
The school has a firewall up. Is there anyway around this? My thinking was possible to try to run
Remote Desktop on a port other than 3389. Would Remote Desktop run on a port like 80, or 8080, or
some other common port that a firewall wouldn’t be blocking?
 
i know how to change the port. my question is will it
work if i run it on port 80, 8080, 21, or some other port
that is commonly used by other applications (and as such
won't be blocked by a firewall).


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Hereâ?Ts my question. Is there anyway to workaround a
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firewall with Remote Desktop? I have an XP pro machine at
my college dorm that I want to be able to access over the
weekend while Iâ?Tm home. The school has a firewall up.
Is there anyway around this? My thinking was possible to
try to run Remote Desktop on a port other than 3389.
Would Remote Desktop run on a port like 80, or 8080, or
some other common port that a firewall wouldnâ?Tt be
blocking?
If not, is there any other free remote administration
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solution that would be usable in this scenario?
 
It depends on what type of firewall.. If you are assigned a private
IP address, it will be virtually impossible...

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Remote Networking Technology Support Site -
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Windows XP Expert Zone - http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
 
the network asigns an address to each machine, but it is
not running through a proxy server. each ip address is
seen on the outside, but there is a firewall that they are
going through.

-nick


-----Original Message-----
It depends on what type of firewall.. If you are assigned a private
IP address, it will be virtually impossible...

Jeffrey Randow (Windows Net. & Smart Display MVP)
(e-mail address removed)

Please post all responses to the newsgroups for the benefit
of all USENET users. Messages sent via email may or may not
be answered depending on time availability....

Remote Networking Technology Support Site -
http://www.remotenetworktechnology.com
Windows XP Expert Zone - http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzonefirewall with Remote Desktop? I have an XP pro machine at
my college dorm that I want to be able to access over the
weekend while I'm home. The school has a firewall up. Is
there anyway around this? My thinking was possible to try
to run Remote Desktop on a port other than 3389. Would
Remote Desktop run on a port like 80, or 8080, or some
other common port that a firewall wouldn't be blocking?
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If you have no control of this firewall, you won't have luck with
incoming connections of any type...

Jeffrey Randow (Windows Net. & Smart Display MVP)
(e-mail address removed)

Please post all responses to the newsgroups for the benefit
of all USENET users. Messages sent via email may or may not
be answered depending on time availability....

Remote Networking Technology Support Site -
http://www.remotenetworktechnology.com
Windows XP Expert Zone - http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone

the network asigns an address to each machine, but it is
not running through a proxy server. each ip address is
seen on the outside, but there is a firewall that they are
going through.

-nick
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