> > Would appreciate if any one can direct me to a how-to using rdesktop to > > connect more than one XP behide a router, > > thanks > ---- > seems many of the answers are making this too hard > > on the router - port forward different ports to different hosts > > i.e. on my routers, I will configure them (be they Linux or a Linksys > type router) > > public_ip port 1389 -> internal_host_1 port 3389 > public_ip port 2389 -> internal_host_2 port 3389 > public_ip port 3389 -> internal_host_3 port 3389 > and so forth > > and then whether I use rdesktop or Windows Remote Desktop, I enter the > proper ip and port... > > connect to: public_ip:1389 #for host 1 > etc. Hi Barry, Craig has the best way to do it, but many inexpensive routers only let you forward a port to the same port number on the destination host. If that's your case, you can change the listening port numbers for the remote desktops to be unique. See http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;306759 . Then, <change internal_host_1 to listen on port 1389> public_ip port 1389 -> internal_host_1 port 1389 <change internal_host_2 to listen on port 2389> public_ip port 2389 -> internal_host_2 port 2389 connect to: public_ip:1389 #for host 1 --Stewart
