WinXP Remote Desktop, 802.11g, WPA (PEAP authentication)

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Brian Steele

Hi Everyone:

I have a few PCs and laptops that connect to the corporate LAN via 802.11g
wireless, with WPA encryption and PEAP authentication (user has to be a
member of the AD before access is allowed). If I log on locally to one of
these PCs, then try to remote desktop into it from another PC on the wired
component of the LAN, the connection is established, but then disconnects
within 5 minutes. Any ideas why this is happening?


Regards,
Brian Steele
 
you can check the following setting on the computer to which you connect
remotely and if it is set to 5 min. change it

Local Group Policy
Administrative Templates
windows components
terminal services
sessions
set a time limit for active TS sessions and terminate sessions when limits
are reached

Harjeet
 
I checked - that's not the cause of the problem. Remote desktop access to
the PCs works fine if the PCs are connected via the wired network.

Regards,
Brian Steele
 
Brian-- I am having this same issue. We found this article from TechNet
that addresses this is an issue, but they are working on it:

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/itsolutions/network/wifi/wififaq.mspx

"Q. Do Remote Desktop connections work to Windows wireless clients that use
802.1X authentication?

A. Not at this time. All 802.1X-based wireless connections are affected,
including those using EAP-TLS or PEAP-MS-CHAP v2. Connections using a static
WEP key or WPA-PSK are not affected. Microsoft is investigating this issue."

I have another posting on the MS Usergroup. Hopefully one of us may get a
response. Please let me know if you ever found a solution. My hope is MS
has a unofficial patch out soon.

Thanks, Woodstok
 
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