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Remote desktop and WOL through orbi
Hi everyone I'm reaching out in the hopes of finding a solution. I need to allow connections to an RDP session on my orbi network from the internet and it's not connecting. Here's my set...
MA10 wrote:Anything else I might be able to check to resolve this ?
There is always a chance that Windows is logging the connection attempt. Alas, my knowledge of RDP is pathetic. How about
http://woshub.com/rdp-connection-logs-forensics-windows/
(it was the first hit on my search for Windows RDP Log)
Since the Windows computer is connected to the Orbi, it should be possible to capture the actual packets going to/from the Orbi & Windows box. Orbi's debug page has a facility to capture WAN/LAN traffic and produce pcap files that can be analyzed with Wireshark.
(http://orbilogin.net/debug.htm) This might confirm that the packet got through the Orbi and the Windows machine acknowleged it. RDP is almost certainly encrypted, so the contents of packets will not be visible.
I would look at Windows log files first.
I've dug in the event logs and, as I thought, it doesn't look like the RDP request makes it to the RDP computer as the attempt is never logged. This seems to indicate that the router is blocking the attempt somehow.
How could that happen if the port scans as open ?
MA10 wrote:I've dug in the event logs and, as I thought, it doesn't look like the RDP request makes it to the RDP computer as the attempt is never logged. This seems to indicate that the router is blocking the attempt somehow.
How could that happen if the port scans as open ?
Windows Firewall treats "LAN" connections separately from "remote" connections. Is RDP allowed through the firewall for both?
(hmmm. Maybe the Firewall keeps a log?)
CrimpOn wrote:
MA10 wrote:I've dug in the event logs and, as I thought, it doesn't look like the RDP request makes it to the RDP computer as the attempt is never logged. This seems to indicate that the router is blocking the attempt somehow.
How could that happen if the port scans as open ?
Windows Firewall treats "LAN" connections separately from "remote" connections. Is RDP allowed through the firewall for both?
(hmmm. Maybe the Firewall keeps a log?)
I have allowed RDP through the firewall but I had tested with the firewall turned off to rule that out before posting. I did so again just in case now. Same result.