vintenzo wrote:SeaRay - Question, My ISP is brighthouse in Central Florida (Orlando) and i can't seem to get remote desk top to work correctly. If i enter myserver.homeserver.com from inside my network i'm brought to my routers login page, if i add /home i get a blank page with script errors. entering the IP of the WHS ILO myserver.homeserver.com from inside the network works fine. But i can't get anywere from outside my network. I contacted BH and was told by an operator that BH uses "fractional" ip address, not sure what that means since google found nothing. They also said they block port 80 inbound. Any how the question was there something special you had to do to get RDT to work? O'yes one more thing according to the operator you can upgrade virtual office and WHS should work since you get increased upload/download speeds and a static (Standard) ip address. Sorry so lenghly and if this is the wrong section to post this.
First let me say I am sorry you are having this problem. Many, many have had it before you and it has nothing to do with Brighhouse per se. I had the same problem and eventually got it worked out. Be preapred to spend some time on it until you understand it sufficiently.
I am not an expert in this area, but I think you may be incorrectly calling what you are trying to do "Remote Desktop" or RDT and it is really remote access you are trying to get to work. I will not address RDT because I am guessing that is not what you really mean. In regard to remote access via myserver.homeserver.com there are many areas that could be causing your problem ranging from incorrect settings for Remote Access in the Settings "Tab" of the WHS Console to issues with the way your router is set up for ports, ect. First make sure your router has UPnP turned on if it has that option. Second, go into your server from the internet from outside you LAN with a secure connection, i.e. https//:myserver.homeserver.com. Note the "s" at the end of http and then make sure your router has the port open for secure access. If secure access port is open (i.e. forwarded) it is my understanding that you do not need port 80 open. After I do this post I am going to try to find a link to one of the WHS forum threads on this subject so you will have the secure port number (I think it is 4125 but will give you the link so you will know for sure), and other useful info to help you solve the remote access problem you are experiencing. Which leads me to my thrid suggestion I can think of off the top of my head. Forget about talking to Brighthouse. They will not help you and you will get bad recommendations from them. You should search the following forum for answers instead of talking to Brighthouse/Time Warner or whatever they are calling themselves these days. Here is the link to the WHS forums where you will find a wealth of informaiton:
http://forums.microsoft.com/windowshome ... ?siteid=50
Click on the link to the software portion of the forum to help you with software isses like you are having here. There is a pretty good search function there as well.
Finally, I am going to go the aforementioned froum and try to find a thread for you on this specific problem. Look for a future post. It might not be here right away as I have to leave my house office and will not be back for several hours.
In the mean time, If others who are reading this thread and know more about remote access than I, please feel free to correct anything that is not exactly right or add you own recommendations.
