did you gibe the port #? for example, talent ip 3389.

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"XxFallacyxX" <XxFallacyxX@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>I can telnet (but not login) using just the public IP, if I append the port
>I
> specified after the IP I get "Could not open connection to the host, on
> port
> 23: Connect failed."
>
> "Robert L. (MS-MVP)" wrote:
>
>> Can you telnet the port?
>>
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>> "XxFallacyxX" <XxFallacyxX@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>> > Earlier today I set up a WinXP Pro computer to be accessed via Remote
>> > Desktop
>> > Web Connection (following a Microsoft guide and forwarding the proper
>> > ports).
>> > Afterwards attempting to connect to the computer using the method the
>> > guide
>> > suggested (IP.IP.IP.IP:Port/tsweb/) yields the result:
>> >
>> > The web page cannot be displayed. Most likely cause: Some content or
>> > files
>> > on this webpage require a program that you don't have installed.
>> >
>> > I've tried from both a WinXP Pro machine with the IIS services
>> > installed
>> > and
>> > my home PC on XP Home without IIS. Neither IExplorer window asks me to
>> > install the web connection ActiveX control that the microsoft guide
>> > detailed
>> > would happen. Any ideas on what is happened, or more importantly what
>> > isn't
>> > happening?
>>
>>