computers behind the same nat

the default ports are open in the router for both computers

but the router processes the port forwards in the list from top to bottom

i tried changing the default ports in the registry editor so that they are different, changed it to the same one in the router, and i had no luck

anyone tried this sucessfully?

oh and dont tell me to use another program to do it

11/21/2006 4:28:28 PM

did you tell the client to use the new port?

11/21/2006 4:45:09 PM

yeah

under computer i typed the public_ip:port

11/21/2006 4:46:19 PM

Did you try and restart both just to see?

I use RD and have changed my ports and I havent had this problem.

Also try to restart the router? I know it's stupid but hey I've seen some wacky things before.

11/21/2006 4:49:04 PM

Can you connect on the local LAN?

11/21/2006 5:54:55 PM

yeah, im right next to the router

i have not tried to restart the router

i was connected to NOMAD to verify that i could connect if i wasnt on my local network

ill change the ports again and restart the router and the computers

11/21/2006 6:17:40 PM

do you have windows firewall on? I thought I already asked, but I guess not.

Even if you put RDP is the exceptions, you need to specify the new port it listens on.

11/21/2006 6:31:04 PM

make sure that its actually listening on those new ports.

on each computer do telnet localhost portnumber

if you get a black screen that port is open. At this point make sure you didn't set it to use a port that another program is using.

If you get a cannot connect, then its not using that port.

11/21/2006 7:24:24 PM

damn windows firewall

and it wont let me change the default rdc port

and that telnet localhost port worked beautifully

thanks for all the help

11/21/2006 8:36:08 PM