Linksys wrt54g: Remote Desktop

I just got a Linksys WRT54G and I'm trying to use XO Pro's Remote
Desktop to remotely access my home PC which is connected to the wrt54g
via the hardwired LAN port.

I need port forwarding, but apparently the only IPs you can use are
192.168.1.xx Don't I need to put in my PC's actually IP address
(which I got from www.myipaddress.com ? In any event I put in the IP
address I got through ipconfig and unchecked "block anonymous....". I
can now connect "remotely" when I'm inside my LAN from a laptop to my
PC (so obviously remote desktop is set up correctly on home PC), but
cannot connect from work to my home PC.

Help... any ideas?

On 12-Jun-2006, puzzled186 <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

> I just got a Linksys WRT54G and I'm trying to use XO Pro's Remote
> Desktop to remotely access my home PC which is connected to the wrt54g
> via the hardwired LAN port.
>
> I need port forwarding, but apparently the only IPs you can use are
> 192.168.1.xx Don't I need to put in my PC's actually IP address
> (which I got from www.myipaddress.com ? In any event I put in the IP
> address I got through ipconfig and unchecked "block anonymous....". I
> can now connect "remotely" when I'm inside my LAN from a laptop to my
> PC (so obviously remote desktop is set up correctly on home PC), but
> cannot connect from work to my home PC.
>
> Help... any ideas?

Check your software firewall. (Windows Firewall, Zone Alarm, Sygate,
Symantec, etcetera). You may have to configure it to accept the outside
connection.
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Just Me, D

for port forwarding, put in your PC's IP address.

if your router is configured to use the 192.168.1.xx network, then your
computer will most likely have a 192.168.1.xx IP address.

i can only assume the myipaddress.com site shows you your WAN IP. if your
WRT54G is the device handling the internet connection, any request sent to
your WAN IP will be handled by the WRT54G - you use port forwarding to tell
the WRT54G to send the data to your PC.

running 'ipconfig' on your PC should tell you the IP to put in for Port
Forwarding.

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"puzzled186" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> I just got a Linksys WRT54G and I'm trying to use XO Pro's Remote
> Desktop to remotely access my home PC which is connected to the wrt54g
> via the hardwired LAN port.
>
> I need port forwarding, but apparently the only IPs you can use are
> 192.168.1.xx Don't I need to put in my PC's actually IP address
> (which I got from www.myipaddress.com ? In any event I put in the IP
> address I got through ipconfig and unchecked "block anonymous....". I
> can now connect "remotely" when I'm inside my LAN from a laptop to my
> PC (so obviously remote desktop is set up correctly on home PC), but
> cannot connect from work to my home PC.
>
> Help... any ideas?

puzzled186 wrote:
> I just got a Linksys WRT54G and I'm trying to use XO Pro's Remote
> Desktop to remotely access my home PC which is connected to the wrt54g
> via the hardwired LAN port.
>
> I need port forwarding, but apparently the only IPs you can use are
> 192.168.1.xx Don't I need to put in my PC's actually IP address
> (which I got from www.myipaddress.com ? In any event I put in the IP
> address I got through ipconfig and unchecked "block anonymous....". I
> can now connect "remotely" when I'm inside my LAN from a laptop to my
> PC (so obviously remote desktop is set up correctly on home PC), but
> cannot connect from work to my home PC.

No, the address you got from www.myipaddress.com is the IP address of the WAN port on the WRT54G. It
does NAT (Network Address Translation) to communicate between the internal network 192.168.1.0/24
and the outside world.

To do what you want, it will be better if your PC has a fixed address, rather than one obtained by
DHCP, because it might change. If the WRT54G has the normal setup, it will start DHCP at
192.168.1.100. If that is the case, set yours at the fixed value of 192.168.1.99 with the gateway
and nameserver at 192.168.1.1. Next you reboot and verify that you still have network access. The
next thing you will need are the TCP port or ports used by Remote Desktop.

Next, you will need to point your browser at 192.168.1.1, log into the router, go to the
Applications & Gaming tab and the Port Range Forward subtab. Fill in the top row for the port or
ports you need.

I do this operation for a subversion server that can be accessed from the outside world. In my case,
the application is "svn", the port range is from 3690 to 3690 (1 port), I left the pulldown at
"Both", put 50 in the final digit of the IP address (my server is at 192.168.1.50), and checked
"Enable". Save your settings and you should be in business. You can test by using the laptop with
your external address, as well as the internal one.

Larry

Apparently I did not explain it correctly. The ip address i used was
192.168.1.100. I can do a remote desktop while at home using my
laptop so the firewall and setup is ok.

I just cannot access it from work over internet. The steps I folowed
are in:
http://www.portforward.com/english/r...4G/default.htm

and used ports 3389.

On Mon, 12 Jun 2006 19:19:35 -0400, puzzled186
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>I just got a Linksys WRT54G and I'm trying to use XO Pro's Remote
>Desktop to remotely access my home PC which is connected to the wrt54g
>via the hardwired LAN port.
>
>I need port forwarding, but apparently the only IPs you can use are
>192.168.1.xx Don't I need to put in my PC's actually IP address
>(which I got from www.myipaddress.com ? In any event I put in the IP
>address I got through ipconfig and unchecked "block anonymous....". I
>can now connect "remotely" when I'm inside my LAN from a laptop to my
>PC (so obviously remote desktop is set up correctly on home PC), but
>cannot connect from work to my home PC.
>
>Help... any ideas?

"Answering Some Common Windows XP Home Networking Questions"
<http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/networking/expert/russel_05Feb.mspx>


On Tue, 13 Jun 2006 23:18:14 -0400, puzzled186 <(E-Mail Removed)>
wrote in <(E-Mail Removed)>:

>Apparently I did not explain it correctly. The ip address i used was
>192.168.1.100. I can do a remote desktop while at home using my
>laptop so the firewall and setup is ok.
>
>I just cannot access it from work over internet. The steps I folowed
>are in:
>http://www.portforward.com/english/r...4G/default.htm
>
>and used ports 3389.
>
>On Mon, 12 Jun 2006 19:19:35 -0400, puzzled186
><(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
>>I just got a Linksys WRT54G and I'm trying to use XO Pro's Remote
>>Desktop to remotely access my home PC which is connected to the wrt54g
>>via the hardwired LAN port.
>>
>>I need port forwarding, but apparently the only IPs you can use are
>>192.168.1.xx Don't I need to put in my PC's actually IP address
>>(which I got from www.myipaddress.com ? In any event I put in the IP
>>address I got through ipconfig and unchecked "block anonymous....". I
>>can now connect "remotely" when I'm inside my LAN from a laptop to my
>>PC (so obviously remote desktop is set up correctly on home PC), but
>>cannot connect from work to my home PC.
>>
>>Help... any ideas?

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puzzled186 wrote:

> Apparently I did not explain it correctly. The ip address i used was
> 192.168.1.100. I can do a remote desktop while at home using my
> laptop so the firewall and setup is ok.
>
> I just cannot access it from work over internet. The steps I folowed
> are in:
>
http://www.portforward.com/english/r...4G/default.htm
>
> and used ports 3389.
>
> On Mon, 12 Jun 2006 19:19:35 -0400, puzzled186
> <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
>>I just got a Linksys WRT54G and I'm trying to use XO Pro's Remote
>>Desktop to remotely access my home PC which is connected to the wrt54g
>>via the hardwired LAN port.
>>
>>I need port forwarding, but apparently the only IPs you can use are
>>192.168.1.xx Don't I need to put in my PC's actually IP address
>>(which I got from www.myipaddress.com ? In any event I put in the IP
>>address I got through ipconfig and unchecked "block anonymous....". I
>>can now connect "remotely" when I'm inside my LAN from a laptop to my
>>PC (so obviously remote desktop is set up correctly on home PC), but
>>cannot connect from work to my home PC.
>>
>>Help... any ideas?

The only address you use on YOUR side of the network, is the 192.168.1.x
address. To access it from the Internet, though, you need to use the
public address (which you got from myipaddress.com). So, if your public IP
is a.b.c.d, and the machine you're port-forwarding to is 192.168.1.100, you
set up port forwarding for that IP, and access it from the Internet as
a.b.c.d:3389
--
derek

Yep, that was the secret sauce I needed to get it to work. I couldn't
find that written up anywhere, but now that I see what to do it makes
sense!

Thanks for the help. I needed both the 192 and the address I get from
myipaddress.

On Thu, 15 Jun 2006 09:45:57 -0300, Derek Broughton
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>puzzled186 wrote:
>
>> Apparently I did not explain it correctly. The ip address i used was
>> 192.168.1.100. I can do a remote desktop while at home using my
>> laptop so the firewall and setup is ok.
>>
>> I just cannot access it from work over internet. The steps I folowed
>> are in:
>>
>http://www.portforward.com/english/r...4G/default.htm
>>
>> and used ports 3389.
>>
>> On Mon, 12 Jun 2006 19:19:35 -0400, puzzled186
>> <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>>
>>>I just got a Linksys WRT54G and I'm trying to use XO Pro's Remote
>>>Desktop to remotely access my home PC which is connected to the wrt54g
>>>via the hardwired LAN port.
>>>
>>>I need port forwarding, but apparently the only IPs you can use are
>>>192.168.1.xx Don't I need to put in my PC's actually IP address
>>>(which I got from www.myipaddress.com ? In any event I put in the IP
>>>address I got through ipconfig and unchecked "block anonymous....". I
>>>can now connect "remotely" when I'm inside my LAN from a laptop to my
>>>PC (so obviously remote desktop is set up correctly on home PC), but
>>>cannot connect from work to my home PC.
>>>
>>>Help... any ideas?
>
>The only address you use on YOUR side of the network, is the 192.168.1.x
>address. To access it from the Internet, though, you need to use the
>public address (which you got from myipaddress.com). So, if your public IP
>is a.b.c.d, and the machine you're port-forwarding to is 192.168.1.100, you
>set up port forwarding for that IP, and access it from the Internet as
>a.b.c.d:3389