Connecting to a PC using a laptop on the same network

External Since: Feb 25, 2007 Posts: 18

We are going to travel and would like to use my son's laptop to remotely
access our PC. I tried to connect and it doesn't work. I just remotely
accessed my PC yesterday from another computer and it works fine. Is there a
problem since they are on the same network configuration and does anyone know
how to set this one up?

External Since: Feb 04, 2005 Posts: 104

"Phoenix" <Phoenix.RemoveThis@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:7967048C-9122-4174-8277-093DC57EB30F@microsoft.com...
> We are going to travel and would like to use my son's laptop to remotely
> access our PC. I tried to connect and it doesn't work. I just remotely
> accessed my PC yesterday from another computer and it works fine. Is
> there a
> problem since they are on the same network configuration and does anyone
> know
> how to set this one up?

If your PC is behind a firewall or router make sure you open/forward TCP
Port 3389 through the router to the private static LAN IP of your PC. Call
using the public IP of the firewall or router when at a remote location.

http://theillustratednetwork.mvps.org/RemoteDesktop/RemoteDesktopSetup...Trouble

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