TS Gateway?

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From an external site, i want to Remote Desktop to a machine on the
workplace LAN.

i cannot VPN to the workplace because the the local router, like almost all
routers, cannot handle more than one Microsoft PPTP VPN connection. (Either
that or they just don't allow it - pick'em).


So what would be idea is a way to have Remote Desktop client software have
the ability to connect to a "proxy" or "gateway" computer that i can expose
to the Internets, and then that machine can forward the RDP traffic to the
desired machine on the local LAN. It would need to be on port 80 (HTTP), or
if really need be port 445 (HTTPS, with no valid certificate).


Spelunking through undocumented things, i see an option in the client
software: "Connect From Anywhere", where i can "configure Terminal Services
Gateway settings to connect to remote computers behind firewalls." Which
sounds like exactly what i want. But the going to my 2k3 server machine, and
going to Start->Help->"TS Gateway" yields no mention of any such technology.

Does such a technology exist, and if so how do i enable it on a server, and
where in the help files in the documentation for it?
 
Re: TS Gateway?

Here is the Microsoft page talking about TS Gateway. All it gives are error
codes:
http://technet2.microsoft.com/windo...1316-4759-915f-47245fe4d12e1033.mspx?mfr=true

Here's KB Article describing how RDP6 supports TS Gateways:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/925876

Here's a blog entry on MSDN saying how much TS Gateway on Vista server
rocks:
http://blogs.msdn.com/david.wang/archive/2006/07/27/TS-Gateway-on-Vista-Server-Rocks.aspx

Here's a page on Microsoft telling you what a TS Gateway is:
http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/Windows/en-US/Help/011fcc70-fdb7-43fc-ae08-b33169b3f6961033.mspx

Here's a forum post saying that the new RDP6 client will support TS
Gateways:
http://forums.microsoft.com/TechNet/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=455646&SiteID=17

Here's a blog entry from the Terminal Services team on how to setup TS
Gateway in the client:
http://blogs.msdn.com/ts/archive/20...or-ts-gateway-server-and-terminal-server.aspx


And so on.

All that's missing is the most important part - the TS Gateway.
 
Re: TS Gateway?

TS Gateway is a feature of Windows Server 2008. You
can try the release candidate if you want:

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2008/audsel.mspx

-TP

Ian Boyd wrote:
> From an external site, i want to Remote Desktop to a machine on the
> workplace LAN.
>
> i cannot VPN to the workplace because the the local router, like
> almost all routers, cannot handle more than one Microsoft PPTP VPN
> connection. (Either that or they just don't allow it - pick'em).
>
>
> So what would be idea is a way to have Remote Desktop client software
> have the ability to connect to a "proxy" or "gateway" computer that i
> can expose to the Internets, and then that machine can forward the
> RDP traffic to the desired machine on the local LAN. It would need to
> be on port 80 (HTTP), or if really need be port 445 (HTTPS, with no
> valid certificate).
>
>
> Spelunking through undocumented things, i see an option in the client
> software: "Connect From Anywhere", where i can "configure Terminal
> Services Gateway settings to connect to remote computers behind
> firewalls." Which sounds like exactly what i want. But the going to
> my 2k3 server machine, and going to Start->Help->"TS Gateway" yields
> no mention of any such technology.
>
> Does such a technology exist, and if so how do i enable it on a
> server, and where in the help files in the documentation for it?
 
Re: TS Gateway?

> TS Gateway is a feature of Windows Server 2008.

The feature in the existing client cannot be used on an existing server?
 
Re: TS Gateway?

TS Gateway is new feature of Windows Server 2008, it
is *not* a feature of Windows Server 2003, Windows
Server 2000, or NT Terminal Server Edition.

The version 6 client exists primarily for connecting to
Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008. I don't
recommend it because it has bugs and is slow. Much
better to use the 5.2.3790.x version *unless* there is a
specific new feature you need (like RemoteApp or TS
Gateway if connecting to 2008).

-TP

Ian Boyd wrote:
>> TS Gateway is a feature of Windows Server 2008.
>
> The feature in the existing client cannot be used on an existing
> server?
 
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