Re: Port Forwarding PC Anywhere

jennf@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
When I say more than one user I mean - I need to set up a PC Anywhere
host on different computers. So I need to set up Port Forwarding so
according to which remote is attempting to connect - they will be
directed to the correct host. PC Anywhere host doesnt allow you to
specify which port you are using - it relies on your to specify that in
the router via the port forwarding. It must be set up in the router
and on the remote computer in PC Anywhere.

I have worked with PCAW on more than a few situations in LAN and WAN situations.

I too suspected it was a firewall on the clients computer so that is
why we tried the defaults (5631 and 5632) and it allowed us access so
it cant be something on the client computer preventing access.

Is this a LAN or WAN situation you're talking about?


I suspected the router so thats why we bought a different brand of
router.

I can't be the router and it's something else. The router doesn't care as long as the router is port forwarding the ports to the right LAN IP/machine that has the host running. And is why I always configured the machine's NIC to use a router's static IP and not a DHCP IP from the router that could have changed to a different IP than what the LAN IP on the router has been set to use for port forwarding.



Logically thinking - the only thing that cares what ports are open is
the Router - I can not think what else woud be preventing it from going
through.



I use different ports for different clients - on my remote computer so
i know it is not anything with the remote computer (just to be sure I
tried from a different computer).


I don't know. If the host machine is using ports other than 5631 and 5632, I don't see how the client machine is going to somehow and mysteriously know that those ports have changed to something else and those are the ports to be used to communicate with the host. It's the client machine that must make the contact.

http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPORT/pca.nsf/docid/2001021417112312

In addition, it there is a corprate FW in play and this is over the Internet,
then it has to be accounted for too.

Maybe, the ISP is in play and is preventing it if this is a WAN solution.

Duane :)

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