I recently purchased a server with Windows Small Business Server 2008

I am trying to use Remote Web Workplace and Remote Desktop Connection to
connect remotely to the server and computers on our LAN

I am trying to connect with a laptop running Windows XP Sp3 and IE8

Here is my network:
• I have broadband internet from Time Warner Cable
• The modem is connected to a Linksys WRT54G wireless router
• The WRT54G is connected to the server, switch, printer, NAS
• Six desktop PC’s running Windows XP sp3 with IE8 are connected to the switch
• I am using the server as the DHCP server
• I forwarded port 443 on the router to the server address (192.168.XX.2)
• I purchased and installed (on the server) a SSL certificate from GoDaddy
for remote.myplace.com

It seems that I can only connect through remote.myplace.com and RDC when I
am behind the router. With RDC, I even unchecked “Bypass TS Gateway server
for local addresses� and could still connect so the certificate seems to be
ok.

When I am offsite:
• With RWW I get the “Cannot Display Web Page� screen as though the address
does not exist
• With RDC I get “This computer cannot connect to the remote computer
because the terminal services gateway server address is unreachable or
incorrect. Type a valid server address�



Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!

Have you configured external DNS'es (I am talking about DNS that your ISP
provides) that will resolve remote.yourdomain.com to your router IP adress.
You can verify that using nslookup, for exaample:

C:\Program Files\Support Tools>nslookup remote.mydomain.pl
Serwer: pl-waw4a-dns03.chello.pl
Address: 62.179.1.62

Nieautorytatywna odpowied«:
Nazwa: remote.mydomain.pl
Address: 62.89.67.179

With kind regards
Krystian Zieja
http://www.projectenvision.com

"BBinOH" wrote:

> I recently purchased a server with Windows Small Business Server 2008
>
> I am trying to use Remote Web Workplace and Remote Desktop Connection to
> connect remotely to the server and computers on our LAN
>
> I am trying to connect with a laptop running Windows XP Sp3 and IE8
>
> Here is my network:
> • I have broadband internet from Time Warner Cable
> • The modem is connected to a Linksys WRT54G wireless router
> • The WRT54G is connected to the server, switch, printer, NAS
> • Six desktop PC’s running Windows XP sp3 with IE8 are connected to the switch
> • I am using the server as the DHCP server
> • I forwarded port 443 on the router to the server address (192.168.XX.2)
> • I purchased and installed (on the server) a SSL certificate from GoDaddy
> for remote.myplace.com
>
> It seems that I can only connect through remote.myplace.com and RDC when I
> am behind the router. With RDC, I even unchecked “Bypass TS Gateway server
> for local addresses� and could still connect so the certificate seems to be
> ok.
>
> When I am offsite:
> • With RWW I get the “Cannot Display Web Page� screen as though the address
> does not exist
> • With RDC I get “This computer cannot connect to the remote computer
> because the terminal services gateway server address is unreachable or
> incorrect. Type a valid server address�
>
> Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!
>

It doesn't look like that has been configured.

It says:

Server: UnKnown
Address fe80::e844:23fb:d799:c444

Name: remote.myplace.com
Address: 192.168.xx.2

I will look for an article on how to do that. Thank you for pointing me in
the right direction, Krystian!

"Krystian Zieja" wrote:

> Have you configured external DNS'es (I am talking about DNS that your ISP
> provides) that will resolve remote.yourdomain.com to your router IP adress.
> You can verify that using nslookup, for exaample:
>
> C:\Program Files\Support Tools>nslookup remote.mydomain.pl
> Serwer: pl-waw4a-dns03.chello.pl
> Address: 62.179.1.62
>
> Nieautorytatywna odpowied«:
> Nazwa: remote.mydomain.pl
> Address: 62.89.67.179
>
> With kind regards
> Krystian Zieja
> http://www.projectenvision.com
>
> "BBinOH" wrote:
>

> > I recently purchased a server with Windows Small Business Server 2008
> >
> > I am trying to use Remote Web Workplace and Remote Desktop Connection to
> > connect remotely to the server and computers on our LAN
> >
> > I am trying to connect with a laptop running Windows XP Sp3 and IE8
> >
> > Here is my network:
> > • I have broadband internet from Time Warner Cable
> > • The modem is connected to a Linksys WRT54G wireless router
> > • The WRT54G is connected to the server, switch, printer, NAS
> > • Six desktop PC’s running Windows XP sp3 with IE8 are connected to the switch
> > • I am using the server as the DHCP server
> > • I forwarded port 443 on the router to the server address (192.168.XX.2)
> > • I purchased and installed (on the server) a SSL certificate from GoDaddy
> > for remote.myplace.com
> >
> > It seems that I can only connect through remote.myplace.com and RDC when I
> > am behind the router. With RDC, I even unchecked “Bypass TS Gateway server
> > for local addresses� and could still connect so the certificate seems to be
> > ok.
> >
> > When I am offsite:
> > • With RWW I get the “Cannot Display Web Page� screen as though the address
> > does not exist
> > • With RDC I get “This computer cannot connect to the remote computer
> > because the terminal services gateway server address is unreachable or
> > incorrect. Type a valid server address�
> >
> > Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!
> >

Thanks, Krystian. I got the info I needed from domain host for creating the
A record.

My next step is to figure out which address to use for my A records. When I
look at my router status, there is an IP address, a default gateway address,
and two DNS addresses. I tried using the IP, gateway, and the first DNS
address but still was unable to connect romotely. I think I still have
another problem but should start with getting the A record properly
configured.

"Krystian Zieja" wrote:

> No problem.
> The easiest way to set it up is to call your ISP.
>
> Here is an article about checking MX dns entries for email server:
> http://projectenvision.com/blog/How-...of-mail-server
> it does not discuss your issue directly but it can point you to the right
> direction.
> For remote.mydomain.com you will need A or CNAME entry instead of MX entry
>
> With kind regards
> Krystian Zieja
> http://www.projectenvision.com
>
> "BBinOH" wrote:
>

> > It doesn't look like that has been configured.
> >
> > It says:
> >
> > Server: UnKnown
> > Address fe80::e844:23fb:d799:c444
> >
> > Name: remote.myplace.com
> > Address: 192.168.xx.2
> >
> > I will look for an article on how to do that. Thank you for pointing me in
> > the right direction, Krystian!
> >
> > "Krystian Zieja" wrote:
> >

> > > Have you configured external DNS'es (I am talking about DNS that your ISP
> > > provides) that will resolve remote.yourdomain.com to your router IP adress.
> > > You can verify that using nslookup, for exaample:
> > >
> > > C:\Program Files\Support Tools>nslookup remote.mydomain.pl
> > > Serwer: pl-waw4a-dns03.chello.pl
> > > Address: 62.179.1.62
> > >
> > > Nieautorytatywna odpowied«:
> > > Nazwa: remote.mydomain.pl
> > > Address: 62.89.67.179
> > >
> > > With kind regards
> > > Krystian Zieja
> > > http://www.projectenvision.com
> > >
> > > "BBinOH" wrote:
> > >
> > > > I recently purchased a server with Windows Small Business Server 2008
> > > >
> > > > I am trying to use Remote Web Workplace and Remote Desktop Connection to
> > > > connect remotely to the server and computers on our LAN
> > > >
> > > > I am trying to connect with a laptop running Windows XP Sp3 and IE8
> > > >
> > > > Here is my network:
> > > > • I have broadband internet from Time Warner Cable
> > > > • The modem is connected to a Linksys WRT54G wireless router
> > > > • The WRT54G is connected to the server, switch, printer, NAS
> > > > • Six desktop PC’s running Windows XP sp3 with IE8 are connected to the switch
> > > > • I am using the server as the DHCP server
> > > > • I forwarded port 443 on the router to the server address (192.168.XX.2)
> > > > • I purchased and installed (on the server) a SSL certificate from GoDaddy
> > > > for remote.myplace.com
> > > >
> > > > It seems that I can only connect through remote.myplace.com and RDC when I
> > > > am behind the router. With RDC, I even unchecked “Bypass TS Gateway server
> > > > for local addresses� and could still connect so the certificate seems to be
> > > > ok.
> > > >
> > > > When I am offsite:
> > > > • With RWW I get the “Cannot Display Web Page� screen as though the address
> > > > does not exist
> > > > • With RDC I get “This computer cannot connect to the remote computer
> > > > because the terminal services gateway server address is unreachable or
> > > > incorrect. Type a valid server address�
> > > >
> > > > Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!
> > > >