Remote Desktop and Internet LANs

Question

Hello
I am having troble trying to do remote desktop and more annoyingly I can't seem to be able to share files over the internet with people I talk to on MSN. Does it work through routers? What should I be doing exactly to get it to work?

I would be grateful if you could help me,

Ben

TWSG · Answer

First thing is, I don't think you can connect to a system using Remote Desktop if the system is using Windows XP home.  XPHome can only initiate remote assistance request but cannot be setup to accept connections.  Msn may not work through a router if there is a firewall anywhere along the way blocking access from or to that port.  It could be difficult to troubleshoot an MSN connection expecially if the issue is that you just cannot 'see' the other person.  Can you chat with them or is your only issue sharing files?

Ben_Robson · Answer

I can do absolutly everything apart from remote connections. The msn sharing folders work, just very slowly and MSN blocks all .exe files which is very annoying. I have been told by others you can do a LAN over the interent as if it you were networked and share files and printers but I have no idea how.

Thanks for your help so far

Ben_Robson · Answer

Using a program called 'Hamachi' I tried to do the interent LAN and it was so nearly sucsessful, I can detect my friends's Home Network and computer and I can detect his but when we try to explore it, it says access denied. are there any settings that need to be enabled for this to work?

Ben_Robson · Answer

Strangly enough I can't network my PC on the home network properly through our router and my friend has the identical problem so there most be something that needs to be changed.

NemesisDB · Answer

if both of you are behind routers, then direct connections will be impossible without   a) one of you forwarding ports on the router   b) using a proxy (AIM and likely MSN by this point do this -- but it will be slow cause you're going through a 3rd party).   Best bet is to forward the appropriate ports on your router.  If either router supports UPNP, turn the feature on -- as MSN will use it to auto-forward the ports it needs.  For troubleshooting purposes, please turn off all software firewalls (including windows firewall).

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