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CP - 30 Mar 2004 18:44 GMT

I have XP at home and XP at work. I am able to connect
successfuly from home to work, but unable to do so from
work to home. Do I need a static IP on my home PC?

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burning dog - 30 Mar 2004 19:23 GMT

Yes you should be you could use non static IP if the IP
does not chnage during your travel from home to work...
you could use a dydns service to provide you an Ip
redirection, i think it is working or if it don't just
type "ping yourdnsredirection.ext" under dos shell and
you will have your home computer IP...

the problem could also result due to firewall: watch XP
integrated Firewall is you got Remote Desktop service
allowed or if you use peronnal firewall or router you
need to open TCP/UDP port (usualy 3389)

>-----Original Message-----
>I have XP at home and XP at work. I am able to connect
>successfuly from home to work, but unable to do so from
>work to home. Do I need a static IP on my home PC?
>.

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Marc Reynolds [MSFT] - 30 Mar 2004 20:04 GMT

Is the Home PC XP Home or Pro? XP Home does not support incoming Remote
Desktop connections.

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> I have XP at home and XP at work. I am able to connect
> successfuly from home to work, but unable to do so from
> work to home. Do I need a static IP on my home PC?

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Bob - 30 Mar 2004 23:44 GMT

>Is the Home PC XP Home or Pro? XP Home does not support incoming Remote
>Desktop connections.

Does XP Home support incoming PPTP VPN connections? It allows us to
set the VPN Server up and we get to the part where it is "Verifying
username and password" but we get Error 721.

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anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com - 31 Mar 2004 00:04 GMT

>-----Original Message-----
>I have XP at home and XP at work. I am able to connect
>successfuly from home to work, but unable to do so from
>work to home. Do I need a static IP on my home PC?
>.
>I'm having the exact same problem. See my entry (Jeff P)

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Bill Sanderson - 31 Mar 2004 04:23 GMT

No--Can you successfully Remote Desktop from a third location to home?

If so, the issue may be a firewall preventing the outbound traffic at work.
You can test this by observing the response of a telnet on port 3389 from a
location where RD works, and comparing to what happens at work.

>I have XP at home and XP at work. I am able to connect
> successfuly from home to work, but unable to do so from
> work to home. Do I need a static IP on my home PC?

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