Access Terminal Server Remotely?

[Michael]

I have a Windows 2000 Terminal Server machine and I want to be able to
connect to it remotely from outwith our LAN (via the internet).

Obviously I need to be able to connect to it via an IP address, how do I
assign this machine a fixed external IP address? How do I allow Terminal
Server connections to this machine on the firewall?

[Pegasus (MVP)]

Post by Michael
I have a Windows 2000 Terminal Server machine and I want to be able to
connect to it remotely from outwith our LAN (via the internet).
Obviously I need to be able to connect to it via an IP address, how do I
assign this machine a fixed external IP address? How do I allow Terminal
Server connections to this machine on the firewall?

1. Give the machine a fixed internal address (e.g. 192.168.0.10).
2. Create a rule in your firewall that forwards all packets for port
3389 to 192.168.0.10.
3. Register a free domain name with an organisation such as
www.no-ip.com.
4. Load a service on your server that sends your current external
address to the domain name server at no-ip. You can download
the software for this service from no-ip.

Step 4 assumes that you have a dynamic external IP address. If you
have a static address then you do not need Step 4.

Test your configuration by running this command from your client:

telnet michael.homedns.org 3389

(assuming that "michael.homedns.org is the address you registered
with no-ip.)