remote desktop connection problems

i have "allow users to connect remotely to this computer"
checked in my system properties and i have port 3389
forwarded to the server, yet i cannot connect remotely.
if i try to telnet to the server on port 3389 while at the
console it does not even connect. so it appears that my
server is not even trying to accept the connections. when
i attempt to use the RDC client application i get an
error "remote desktop disconnected": "the client could not
connect to the remote computer........" it seems to me it
should work properly, but i poked around in gpedit.msc and
changed some settings, none of which resulted in fixing
this. any other ideas? what have i done this time?
thanks!

If you are running RRAS then check the inbound and outbound
filters on the external NIC it is possible they are filtering port 3389.
Open RRAS admin then expand "Ip routing" / General and open the
properties of the external NIC.

"scar" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> i have "allow users to connect remotely to this computer"
> checked in my system properties and i have port 3389
> forwarded to the server, yet i cannot connect remotely.
> if i try to telnet to the server on port 3389 while at the
> console it does not even connect. so it appears that my
> server is not even trying to accept the connections. when
> i attempt to use the RDC client application i get an
> error "remote desktop disconnected": "the client could not
> connect to the remote computer........" it seems to me it
> should work properly, but i poked around in gpedit.msc and
> changed some settings, none of which resulted in fixing
> this. any other ideas? what have i done this time?
> thanks!

i am not running RRAS. maybe i should try running it?
there also might be some settings i overlooked in group
policy. i am open to any suggestions! thanks

>-----Original Message-----
>If you are running RRAS then check the inbound and
outbound
>filters on the external NIC it is possible they are
filtering port 3389.
>Open RRAS admin then expand "Ip routing" / General and
open the
>properties of the external NIC.
>
>"scar" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
message
>> i have "allow users to connect remotely to this
computer"
>> checked in my system properties and i have port 3389
>> forwarded to the server, yet i cannot connect remotely.
>> if i try to telnet to the server on port 3389 while at
the
>> console it does not even connect. so it appears that my
>> server is not even trying to accept the connections.
when
>> i attempt to use the RDC client application i get an
>> error "remote desktop disconnected": "the client could
not
>> connect to the remote computer........" it seems to me
it
>> should work properly, but i poked around in gpedit.msc
and
>> changed some settings, none of which resulted in fixing
>> this. any other ideas? what have i done this time?
>> thanks!
>
>
>.
>

Open a dos prompt on the server and run netstat -a
and verify the server is listening on port 3389.

"scar" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> i am not running RRAS. maybe i should try running it?
> there also might be some settings i overlooked in group
> policy. i am open to any suggestions! thanks

it is not. do you know what the cause might be?

>-----Original Message-----
>Open a dos prompt on the server and run netstat -a
>and verify the server is listening on port 3389.
>
>"scar" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
message
>> i am not running RRAS. maybe i should try running it?
>> there also might be some settings i overlooked in group
>> policy. i am open to any suggestions! thanks
>
>
>.
>

The port is not open. Check the advanced tcp/ip properties
and verify the port is not being filtered.

"scar" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message

> it is not. do you know what the cause might be?
>

i have tcp/ip filtering disabled.
do you think maybe something is wrong with my remote
desktop service or whatever controls remote desktop
connections? is there a way to reinstall this componenet?
and thanks for all your help so far

>-----Original Message-----
>The port is not open. Check the advanced tcp/ip
properties
>and verify the port is not being filtered.
>
>"scar" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
message
>
>> it is not. do you know what the cause might be?
>>
>
>
>.
>

i did a repair of my win2k3 install and now it is
working. i wonder: what could have caused it to stop
functioning properly?

>-----Original Message-----
>The port is not open. Check the advanced tcp/ip
properties
>and verify the port is not being filtered.
>
>"scar" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
message
>
>> it is not. do you know what the cause might be?
>>
>
>
>.
>

Hard to say but glad to hear you got it working.

"scar" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> i did a repair of my win2k3 install and now it is
> working. i wonder: what could have caused it to stop
> functioning properly?