Ok, well Ive been trying to figure out how to do this. Right now I am taking a real estate course online, and I have all of my materials on my computer at home. What I would like to do is be able to access my computer from any school computer. How would I set this up using windows xp remote desktop? At home I am using a dlink wireless router, at the school I am sure they have some sort of firewall, but I would think it could still work. Thanks!

 

well the trick is both firewalls (you router at home and the one at school) allows the RD protocol to pass through.

if either doesnt, you are screwed. ask your school's policy. you need to setup your router at home for this...

should be painless at home... dont know about school... lol...

dont for get to check:

right click MY COMPUTER -> PROPERTIES -> REMOTE tab. then check the box that allows REMOTE CONNECTIONS...

 

Here is a screen shot of the computer at school. Remote desktop is enabled. What would I have to do to connect to my computer at home?
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y24...otedesktop.jpg

 

You need the IP address of your computer at home. Most of the time, that doesn't change as long as the computer is up and running. But when you reboot, you'll probably have a different one. You could also check with your ISP about getting a static IP address, but that's gonna cost extra.

So basically, you just enable Remote Desktop on both PC's, type in the IP address of the PC you want to connect to, and it'll work. If it doesn't, there's a firewall (or firewalls) somewhere (either at your place or your school) preventing the connection.

There is a way around the static IP route. You can download an app called NoIP DUC from www.noip.com, and register your domain name there. As long as you leave the app running on your PC at home, the domain name will automatically be updated to whatever IP address you're given. So it'll work all the time regardless of how many times you reboot.

The tricky part is... I don't know if Remote Desktop will recognize domain names. Somebody else could probably chime in with that answer.

 

Also, looking at the picture again... your account on your home PC will have to have a password. You just add that in the user settings under the control panel.

Where you are in your picture isn't where you want to be on your school PC. That PC doesn't need to have Remote Desktop enabled, because it won't be connected to. So you need to go to start... program files... accessories... communications... remote desktop connection. Then you'll see a box pop up asking for a computer. That's where you'll type in the IP address or domain name. I'm personally going to try the domain name route soon to see if it'll work, and I'll let you know if it does.

Oh yeah, It doesn't look like you'll be able to connect to your school PC from home. Looks like the network admin has restricted permissions set up to not allow that to happen. Because of that, I don't know if any of this will actually work. Good luck.

 

biggest problem will be the firewall on both ends.

and if the the house comp is behind a router, the router needs to let the RD protocol to pass through to the internal NAT ip addy...

 

Well the firewall need to be opened for RDP to work at your home router port 3389 is default unless you changed it which most people don't unless they are trying to be more secure.
Next you will need to forward the port to the internal PC/IP address you can usually do this within your router.
Enable Remote desktop on your home PC.
On remote school pc launch Remote desktop and put teh IP address of your home Router the one that the router gets from your ISP not the one on your PC, can usually be gotten from the router.
Thant should do you I would suggest picking a very secure password on your home PC doh since your using the standard RDP port you will get people scanning your router for open ports and will find port 3389 is open to something and may try to crack your password.
Good luck hope you get it working.
Oh your school network will also have to allow the port 3389 to pass through there network which more than likely is but if its still nto workign you may want to ask a network admin about it.
Oh also make sure if you have a software firewall on your home computer you let port 3389 in to it.