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I need to use Remote Desktop Connection, from Windows XP, and being able to use Remote Asistance too. I'm behind a router, so I had to use port forwarding.

I already forwarded ports 80 and 21, so I can see the main page from Remote Desktop, but I can't actually use it...

Help?

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I thought that those features worked only on a LAN...

I use remote desktop to connect to my PC to home from work. It works great. I think you have to open up more then just one port though. I will check my router setup and let you know.

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Nope... none of this works:

  • Using only TCP
  • Resetting the router

There must be something else we haven't thought of... It's weird, 'cause I've got IIS running, and I can see my homepage from outside, have my FTP folder shared, and I could even use remote desktop. But I ask for remote assistance and the other person tells me it can't connect...

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No, it's an already old feature on Windows XP Professional. It's called Remote Desktop Connection, and it comes with Internet Information Server 5.0

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I think we are going about this all wrong....

and I could even use remote desktop. But I ask for remote assistance and the other person tells me it can't connect...

He says remote desktop IS working..... it is remote assistance that is not working

Is the port for remote assistance the same for remote desktop?

If it is the same port, you may want to ask the person connecting into you if he has opened up the port going OUT of his firewall. The best way to see if his is working is to connect directly to the net....

BTW: I checked my firewall settings, and I only have the one TCP port forwarded.

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