[Gloucs] Remote Desktop over the web with two Linux Computers

[Keith Edmunds]

On 09/18/2006 1:44:24 PM +0100
Christian Trapp <Christian.Trapp at gmx.net> said:

> 1. His invitation contains the LAN IP of his computer e.g.
> 192.168.2.5. How can I connect to his computer as his real IP to
> contact his router on the internet is a 85.103.45.26 or so?
> 2. As Krfb/Krcd is listening on the port 3389, do we have to open the
> routers firewall on this port?
> I know, there is a gap in connection to the computer in Germany and I
> don't know what it is. Can you help me out with this? Thanks in advance.

On his router you need to forward port 3389 on his external address to
192.168.2.5:3389. This is usually listed as "services" or "port
forwarding" or similar. Then you can connect to his external address and
your connection will be forwarded to his system.

Keith