Guest Candace Sparks Posted September 11, 2007 Posted September 11, 2007 I am new at setting up remote access. I have a client with a Main office and a Branch Office. The Branch office has two computers connecting now using GotoMyPC to two computers at the Main office. These two computers have the Software running on them, and the database is on the Server. It works, okay, but now they are going to add two more computers to the Branch office, so connection will have to change. Will they be able to connect just using Terminal Server and RDP, or will they need to have a VPN set up,also? Thanks in advance for your help!! Candace Sparks
Guest Coraleigh Miller Posted September 11, 2007 Posted September 11, 2007 Re: Remote Access Help! Hi Candace, Terminal Services uses 128bit encryption so you could use VPN with it but i dont believe its neccessary, as security. It would however make it easier for you to RDP to more than one server by using VPN as once you VPN in you are basically on your internal network and can RDP whatever you want. ....OR you could just setup Terminal Services without VPN, and then once you are RDP'd into it you can RDP from there into your other servers. .....OR in addition to setting up your one TS to port forward normally to 3389, you could set your router to port forward to a different port for your other TS, such as 3388 (for example). This MS article explains how to change the listening port on your other TS... http://support.microsoft.com/kb/306759/en-us To then connect to the Terminal Servers you would just need to enter "TerminalServerIP:port#" into the Remote Desktop Connection on your PC (normally you would just enter the TerminalServerIP). .....OR you could purchase additional external IPs and use them for each TS forwarding each of them to your TS's. A basic Terminal Server setup requires that you open port 3389 on your router and forward to your TS. If we are just talking about you needing Admin access to the servers then you just need to right-click on your My Computer, select the Remote tab and then put a check in the "Enable Remote Desktop on this computer", and add your user account into the "Select Remote Users" button. If you are planning to use TS for multiple users then you should give this article a read.. http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/techinfo/overview/quickstart.mspx#EXB Hope this helps. :-) Coraleigh Miller "Candace Sparks" <consultants1@comcast.net> wrote in message news:F8OdnQDXqOHZQ3jbnZ2dnUVZ_rqlnZ2d@comcast.com... >I am new at setting up remote access. I have a client with a Main office >and a Branch Office. The Branch office has two computers connecting now >using GotoMyPC to two computers at the Main office. These two computers >have the Software running on them, and the database is on the Server. It >works, okay, but now they are going to add two more computers to the Branch >office, so connection will have to change. Will they be able to connect >just using Terminal Server and RDP, or will they need to have a VPN set >up,also? > > Thanks in advance for your help!! > > Candace Sparks >
Guest Pegasus \(MVP\) Posted September 11, 2007 Posted September 11, 2007 Re: Remote Access Help! "Candace Sparks" <consultants1@comcast.net> wrote in message news:F8OdnQDXqOHZQ3jbnZ2dnUVZ_rqlnZ2d@comcast.com... >I am new at setting up remote access. I have a client with a Main office >and a Branch Office. The Branch office has two computers connecting now >using GotoMyPC to two computers at the Main office. These two computers >have the Software running on them, and the database is on the Server. It >works, okay, but now they are going to add two more computers to the Branch >office, so connection will have to change. Will they be able to connect >just using Terminal Server and RDP, or will they need to have a VPN set >up,also? > > Thanks in advance for your help!! > > Candace Sparks You can access an many internal PCs as you like by giving each of them its own RDP port number, e.g. like so: PC10 192.168.19.10 Port 19010 PC11 192.168.19.11 Port 19011 PC15 192.168.19.15 Port 19015 Note this: - The PCs must have fixed internal IP addresses. - You must create the respective tunnels through your router. - You must use the correct commands at the far end, e.g. mstsc /v:aaa.bbb.ccc.ddd:19010 - You must set the desired port numbers on each PC. It's done here: HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\TerminalServer\WinStations\RDP-Tcp\PortNumber
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