ihhann

Thanks for the prompt answers.

I closed the port at the home network and I will try to open it at the
office. One question though: I can connect to my Windows XP Pro desktop in
the office from home (XP Pro to XP Pro) without any port forwarding. Is it
different for Vista?

Thanks, IHH

"Mr. Arnold" wrote:

>
> "ihhann" <ihhann@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:17626300-7EF3-476C-8748-A4128170C197@microsoft.com...
> >I am trying to connect from an XP Pro desktop (at home) to a Vista (64-bit)
> > workstation (office). In the office, I can connect to the Vista
> > workstation
> > from another XP Pro machine. At home, I have a home network and I have
> > enabled port forwarding on 3389. I get the error message "This computer
> > can't connect to the remote computer."
>
> It's the firewall at the office that needs port 3389 forwarded to your LAN
> IP/machine on the company's LAN and not port forwarding of the port on your
> end at the router or whatever you're using as the gateway device, since it's
> your machine that's initiating the contact.
>
> If the FW and security admin has any sense, and most do, they are not going
> to allow you to do this, since your home network and the machines on your
> LAN would be a security risk to the company's network.
>
> I suggest you close port 3389, because your machine is the client and the
> machine at work in the host that needs port 3389 forwarded.
>