Re: redesktop through a firewall
Geoffrey <[email protected]>
| Newsgroups | gmane.network.rdesktop.user |
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| Message-ID | <[email protected]> |
Marijn Hofstra wrote: >> I am attempting the following: >> >> rdesktop<->smoothwall<->internet<->smoothwall<->XPpro >> >> I've got port 3389 forwarded on both smoothwall devices to the proper >> internal IP, but when I try: >> >> rdesktop -u user external_ip_of_firewall >> >> I get: >> >> ERROR: connect: Connection timed out >> >> What am I missing. > > I am using smoothwall to allow outside access to our terminal server. I've > also used a 2 smoothwall setup, although it doesn't make things any > different because you only need to configure one smoothwall (smoothwall does > not restrict outbound traffic by default). It has worked fine with rdesktop > and mstsc. > > On the networking > port forwarding page, you need to specify the following > values for a port forwarding rule: > Proto External source IP Source port Destination IP > Destination port > TCP IP_OF_OTHER_SMOOTHWALL 3389 IP_OF_WINXP_PC 3389 This is exactly what I'm doing. Must be something else going on here. What I don't understand is, I can ssh to a Linux box inside this network, that is through this same smoothwall. From there, I can run rdesktop to that machine and display it back on my network. I do understand that all this is happing in the ssh tunnel, but this does tell me that the XP box I'm trying to connect to is accepting connections from rdesktop. > Basically, all you need to do is tell the "receiving" smoothwall to forward > all incoming traffic on port 3389 to the internal IP of the XP box. Unless > you modified the "sending" smoothwall to block outside traffic, this is all > you have to do. Perhaps you have used the "DMZ Pinhole" configuration page? > This page is not suited for configuring [internet] <--> [local pc] traffic, > but rather for [local DMZ pc] <--> [local green zone PC] traffic. I removed the references on the 'sending smoothwall', still no joy. :( -- Until later, Geoffrey Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety. - Benjamin Franklin ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV