By: Daniel Keller
Hello Philip Personally I dont expose my WHS directly to the Internet since I have all my personal data on it. I use the free version of <a href="https://secure.logmein.com/products/hamachi/vpn.asp"...
View ArticleBy: Simon Smith
Are you sure about port 3389? My router only port forwards 443 and 4125 and I have remote accessed PCs on my network via WHS. (port 80 not forwarded toWHS as I also run a web server).
View ArticleBy: Philip Churchill
Without port 3389 being forwarded you will still be able connect via the “Remote Desktop Connection” using: The servers name, in my case “SERVER” or your Internal IP address e.g. 192.168.1.XXX So when...
View ArticleBy: Philip Churchill
Thanks to Daniel Keller for the details on the two virtual private networking (VPN) applications. Using one of these products would be a more secure solution than opening port 3389 to your Windows Home...
View ArticleBy: Simon Smith
Thanks for the info Philip that makes sense. I have been accessing my system (remotely) via https://.livenode.com and then logging onto WHS and then in-turn selecting the network computer to RDC to....
View ArticleBy: Philip Churchill
Hi Simon Smith, What I meant is apart from the documented ports (80, 443, and 4125); if you forwarded 3389 you would be able to use RDC from the outside world direct to the server, avoiding the console...
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[…] If you have not done so already you will need to configure your router to forward the ports to your home server machine. […]
View ArticleBy: jackyred
UPnP Problem ? When enabling UPnP on my router Netgear DG834GB, i have no problem to let WHS configure automaticly the necessary ports. But the setting is mysteriously modified after 3 to 24 hours, and...
View ArticleBy: Philip Churchill
Hi jackyred, Run Microsoft's <a href="http://www.microsoft.com/windows/using/tools/igd/default.mspx" rel="nofollow">Internet Connectivity Evaluation Tool</a> to confirm that your router is...
View ArticleBy: flatearth
I’m still new to this software and site, but I’m loving it so far! however my router, even though it supports UPnP (D-link wbr-2310) it seems like it won’t stay configured unless I open these ports....
View ArticleBy: Philip Churchill
Hi Flatearth, It depends on D-Link’s definition of a virtual server. If it’s similar to a DMZ then don’t use it because it will open up your Home server for the whole world to see. Port forwarding is...
View ArticleBy: Richbain
Had exactly the same issue with my Netgear DG834GB so have turned off UPnp and gone into manual port forwarding which seems to have done the trick.
View ArticleBy: DWiz
I have just purchased an HP Smart Media Home Server. It seems that this product is in never neverland between real HP servers and HP PCs. There is literally no support. Can you tell me which routers...
View ArticleBy: Darren
All ports are TCP only – UDP is NOT necessary…… A more accurate statement would be that including UDP will cause a failed connection. I got connection time outs until I saw this. Once I changed the...
View ArticleBy: Jim
Hello, I have forwarded all 4 ports to my local sercer ip address using tcp only. I am trying to rdc into my server using xxx.gotomyhp.com. I am getting a error 800: Unable to establish a vpn...
View ArticleBy: jeff
I thought WHS was supposed to be easy… just try and configure a Dlink g604t with firmware upgrade for the task.
View ArticleBy: Daniel
“virtual server” is just dlink’s name for port forwarding. The difference is that virtual server is used for forwarding only one port, where as the “port forward” page is for forwarding a range of...
View ArticleBy: DCMackie
I have a WRT610N and have forwarded all ports as suggested since the automatic UPnP does not seem to work. I can access my files shares thru my xxx.homeserver.com “site” but not the console or my...
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[…] If you have not done so already you will need to configure your router to forward the ports to your home server machine. […]
View ArticleBy: Gareth
Hi DCMackie… Are you trying to connect to the console or computers at home from your work? Most company’s I know will block the necessary outbound ports required to do this. If this is the case, try to...
View ArticleBy: Jack
I’m trying to play music files stored on my pc through my audio system. After spending a few weeks trying to figure out how, I finally found the answer. UPnP was disabled on my router. I enabled UPnP...
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