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port forwarding and Windows Remote Desktop
Posted: Tue Apr 15, 2014 6:36 pm
by sfitzp4573
Hello. I want to use Windows Remote Desktop on my laptop (connected to the internet via a 3 Mifi dongle) to access my home PC when I am away from home, and from digging around, I think that I need to set up the router to forward port 3389 to my home PC. I am using the page Configuration/Virtual Server/Port Mapping for this, but my question is - what value to I put in the entry for the Application Parameter? A blank entry is not allowed, and I can't see Remote Desktop in the list of values. Or please can you point me to somewhere that will give me a clue?
Thanks.
Re: port forwarding and Windows Remote Desktop
Posted: Wed Apr 16, 2014 9:34 am
by billion_fan
sfitzp4573 wrote:Hello. I want to use Windows Remote Desktop on my laptop (connected to the internet via a 3 Mifi dongle) to access my home PC when I am away from home, and from digging around, I think that I need to set up the router to forward port 3389 to my home PC. I am using the page Configuration/Virtual Server/Port Mapping for this, but my question is - what value to I put in the entry for the Application Parameter? A blank entry is not allowed, and I can't see Remote Desktop in the list of values. Or please can you point me to somewhere that will give me a clue?
Thanks.
Try following the attached screen shot
Re: port forwarding and Windows Remote Desktop
Posted: Wed Apr 16, 2014 5:51 pm
by sfitzp4573
@billion_fan
that works perfectly! Many thanks for your help and your speedy reply.