What ports do I open to RPD to my Win XP Pro machine

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Hi!
I would like to open a port on my router firewall to enable RDP to my Win XP
Pro machine. Is it 3899? Are there any other ports I need to open?
 
All you need to open is 3389. I wouldn't suggest to do it because you are
exposing your machine to anyone on the internet with a network scanner and a
RDP client.

Have fun!!!
 
I know this may seem like a silly question, but is there no way to make such
a connection secure? Saying Microsoft should be able to secure its own
features would, however, be even sillier.
 
As far as I know, there has not yet been any actual exploit of the
Terminal Services Service.

Of course, you need to implement strong passwords, a password lock-
out policy and enable auditing of security events. But that is (or
should be) standard procedures.
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Okay ...
I have openned the port 3389 on the router. I have checked the Remote
Desktop box on the Win XP Pro machine. I have rebooted. I am now sitting
outside the router and am trying to access the machine via RDP. I get the
standard "The client could not connect to remote computer" error. I am
making my connection using the static ip address given to me by the ISP for
the router. I know this is correct because I can VPN to the machine using
this IP address (I can see the folders but am unable to access their content
- another issue I am struggling with). Any ideas where I am still making a
mistake?
 
Ok let's step back here for a minute. You say you have VPN enable and
working. What I would do is enable your VPN, make sure you can ping the
remote machine. Use RDP client to connect to that machine.

If you have VPN setup you do not need to open port 3389 on your firewall
because you already connected to your remote network.

As far as why you can't connect to your computer here are a couple things
you can take a peak at.
1. Make sure the PC is turned on
2. Make sure the PC's ip didn't change
3. Make sure that you used port forwarding and pointed
it to right IP
BTW Terminal Services is not, in my opinion, a way to remotly login to a
different network. It's more for doing maintnance within your own network.

Have fun!!!
 
I tried this first, but it also had not worked. I can VPN in ... I can ping
the Win XP Pro machine that I am connected. When I then try to connect via
RDP, using that IP address, I get the same error.
 
Do you have a firewall on your machine? Like Zonealarm, Blackice, Norton,
McAffe, PC-cillin or even the Microsoft Firewall?
 
Yes, the Windows Firewall is on. I will check to see if Remote Desktop is
enabled. I would have thought that this would have been checked when I
checked the Remote Desktop box in the System window.
 
I have checked and the RDP connection is allowed on the windows firewall. I
am at a loss here. I can VPN in, I can see the shared folders on the
machine, I cannot open the folders (path not found), I cannot RDP to the
machine. Any ideas?
 
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