Private LAN & Setting Up RDP - Sorta Stuck

HOST- Ethernet desktop: WinXP Pro SP2
CLIENT- Wireless laptop: WinXP (Media Center)Pro SP2
Linksys Router WRT54GX2
Small Home Network working properly (printer and file sharing work)
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Hi,

Trying to set up Windows Remote Desktop following the instructions
here:

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/u...moteintro.mspx

Also following this:
-------
Connecting Within a Local LAN:

"Is this over your local LAN? If so there is no need to open any ports
on the router. Just call the Remote Desktop (RDP) host from the RDP
client using the hosts local LAN IP address. Of course you need to
configure any software firewall installed on the RDP host to allow
incoming RDP requests.

[...]

Al Jarvi (MS-MVP Windows Networking)"
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1. How do I determine the desktop (host) computer's IP address? Not
"ipconfig" in Start > Run? That's the router's IP address, correct?

2. Whether it's static or dynamic doesn't apply to a private home
network, correct? What's the difference between static and dynamic IP
addresses? I'll Google this, too.

3. At MS's website article, I've finished only up to step four (and
checked all the Windows Firewall settings even though I'm using only
the router's hardware firewall and Zone Alarm software firewalls on
each computer). Now, I'm stumped. Unsure how to configure ZoneAlarm
to "allow incoming RDP requests", as Al Jarvi mentions above..

This is what I believe is correct: Start > All Programs > Accessories
> Communications. Right-click Remote Desktop Connection > Properties.
CTRL-C the info listed as "Target" and then CTRL-V this into Zone
Alarm's Program Control - Add area. Now, "Remote Desktop Connection"
appears in the Program Control List.

There are four question marks after it. Two under Access <Trusted>
<Internet> and two under Server <Trusted> <Internet>.

Do I select "Allow" for Access <Trusted> <Internet> and "Allow" for
Server <Trusted> and "Block" for Server <Internet>?

Am I even _close_ to understanding what "configure any software
firewall installed on the RDP host to allow incoming RDP requests"
means? :-)

4. Also, Can someone tell me: What does "locked" mean in Step 9?
"Leave this computer running, locked, and connected to the corporate
network with Internet access."

If I can get past these few steps, I'll be ready to test RDP by early
this evening.

Thank You!
Cheryl

"CT" <CThompson.FL@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:8cc2ede7-3f15-495d-b1ac-38a8fa7a3c15@m3g2000hsc.googlegroups.com...
> HOST- Ethernet desktop: WinXP Pro SP2
> CLIENT- Wireless laptop: WinXP (Media Center)Pro SP2
> Linksys Router WRT54GX2
> Small Home Network working properly (printer and file sharing work)
> ---------------------------------
>
> Hi,
>
> Trying to set up Windows Remote Desktop following the instructions
> here:
>
> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/u...moteintro.mspx
>
> Also following this:
> -------
> Connecting Within a Local LAN:
>
> "Is this over your local LAN? If so there is no need to open any ports
> on the router. Just call the Remote Desktop (RDP) host from the RDP
> client using the hosts local LAN IP address. Of course you need to
> configure any software firewall installed on the RDP host to allow
> incoming RDP requests.
>
> [...]
>
> Al Jarvi (MS-MVP Windows Networking)"
> --------
>
> 1. How do I determine the desktop (host) computer's IP address? Not
> "ipconfig" in Start > Run? That's the router's IP address, correct?
>
> 2. Whether it's static or dynamic doesn't apply to a private home
> network, correct? What's the difference between static and dynamic IP
> addresses? I'll Google this, too.
>
> 3. At MS's website article, I've finished only up to step four (and
> checked all the Windows Firewall settings even though I'm using only
> the router's hardware firewall and Zone Alarm software firewalls on
> each computer). Now, I'm stumped. Unsure how to configure ZoneAlarm
> to "allow incoming RDP requests", as Al Jarvi mentions above..
>
> This is what I believe is correct: Start > All Programs > Accessories
>> Communications. Right-click Remote Desktop Connection > Properties.
> CTRL-C the info listed as "Target" and then CTRL-V this into Zone
> Alarm's Program Control - Add area. Now, "Remote Desktop Connection"
> appears in the Program Control List.
>
> There are four question marks after it. Two under Access <Trusted>
> <Internet> and two under Server <Trusted> <Internet>.
>
> Do I select "Allow" for Access <Trusted> <Internet> and "Allow" for
> Server <Trusted> and "Block" for Server <Internet>?
>
> Am I even _close_ to understanding what "configure any software
> firewall installed on the RDP host to allow incoming RDP requests"
> means? :-)
>
> 4. Also, Can someone tell me: What does "locked" mean in Step 9?
> "Leave this computer running, locked, and connected to the corporate
> network with Internet access."
>
> If I can get past these few steps, I'll be ready to test RDP by early
> this evening.
>
> Thank You!
> Cheryl
>

I would check with the ZA support web pages or documentation for help
configuring ZA for RDP access. Its my understanding, and I don't use ZA by
the way, that the free version of ZA may not be configurable but I don't
know that for sure. The bottom line is you need to open TCP Port 3389 on the
RDP host PC.

Other help...

http://theillustratednetwork.mvps.or...eshooting.html

By locked they simply mean to do a [Windows key][L] key sequence to lock
your desktop from anyone else accessing it. Its not a mandatory step IMHO.
Personally in a home environment my screen saver does that automatically...

--

Al Jarvi (MS-MVP Windows - Desktop User Experience)

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