Windows Terminal Server via PuTTY?

From: Michael Pelley (mpelley@pelleys.com_remove_nospam)
Date: 03/05/03 

From: "Michael Pelley" <mpelley@pelleys.com_remove_nospam>
Date: Wed, 05 Mar 2003 20:20:36 GMT

Hi all!

I've been trying to get this working on-and-off for some time. At work, I'm
behind a firewall on a 10.0.0.0/24 network. At home, I'm behind a
linux-based firewall on the 192.168.0.0/24 network. I can get out of my
work network (via the Internet) using PuTTY to ssh into my linux box.
However, when I try to get the port fowarding to work so I can use my home
WinXP's Remote Desktop (a.k.a. single user Windows Terminal Server) to
forward TCP 3389, I cannot connect.

I create a PuTTY session using ssh into my linux box on my home network.
Under the PuTTY Connections | Tunnels section I add Source port "3389" and
Destination "IP_OF_WinXP_Box_At_Home:3389" and save that session.

I fire up PuTTY and ssh into the linux box - no problem there. However,
then I try to connect to my WinXP box (entering either localhost or the IP
of my home XP box) I keep getting the error that I cannot connect. I've
made sure that the Remote Desktop Services are disabled on my work computer
and enabled on my home computer. The error that I keep getting is
    The client could not connect. You are already connected to the
    console of this computer. A new console session cannot be established.

Has anyone got this to work? Basically, the configuration would be:

Work -> Firewall -> Internet -> Linux ->
 Linux -> Home
Computer Firewall
Server Computer
PuTTY client
(Login here)
10.0.0.x
192.168.0.x

Suggestions?

Thanks!

Cheers,
Mike
mpelley_at_pelleys_dot_com

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