[limeman]

Using WinXP Pro between home desktop and office laptop. If I take my laptop home and plug in to router, I can use RDC just fine. When I go to office, I get message "the client could not connect...remote connection not enabled...possible network connections causing problems..."

When I go back home, all is well. I am the admin, passwords are checked, and I am also allowed under Remote users.

Do you think it is a router issue? I use a wireless G Linksys router at home and a wired G linksys router at the office. Do I need to enable sometype of remote connection on the router? There is a section for "internet access policies" in my home router. Do I need to add my laptops mac and ip addresses? There is also a remote router access that is currently disabled.

Sorry for throwing out these random ideas, but it will be difficult to test on my own since I will have to drive across town with each change I make.

Thanks,

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I've read online that I need to forward the port off the router, so I went into router settings on the home desktop router and forwarded TCP port 3389 and TCP port 80. I got this info off Microsoft website. I hit apply and it still does not work. Then I did the same to the office router, and still nothing. I also turned off my firewall completly.

[limeman]

I've read online that I need to forward the port off the router, so I went into router settings on the home desktop router and forwarded TCP port 3389 and TCP port 80. I got this info off Microsoft website. I hit apply and it still does not work. Then I did the same to the office router, and still nothing. I also turned off my firewall completly.

[limeman]

OK, I got it to work. Here is what I did: instead of using the ip address of the computer, I used the ip address of the router. Someone please explain why this worked. Every set of instructions I've read for the past 4 days says to use the ip address of the pc. Even the instructions for connecting through a router said to use the pc ip.