static ip address

Hello,

Is this possible to setup static ip address to use remote access?

i.e. I just need one or two locations to access my windows 2003 server or my
xp workstatios.

Thanks

Shenan
Tue Nov 08 14:13:49 CST 2005

Newbie wrote:
> Is this possible to setup static ip address to use remote access?
>
> i.e. I just need one or two locations to access my windows 2003
> server or my xp workstatios.

I do not fully understand your question.

Taking it as written - yes - if your ISP/Network Administrator allows it,
you can setup a staic IP address.

If you cannot do it through your ISP/Network Administrator - but you know
that remote desktop is allowed - you could use a service (free) like
www.dyndns.org to configure a dynamic DNS for that machine - installing a
client to keep it updated - so that you can always access it using a name
that is easy for you to remember (like newbies-work.dyndns.org.)

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Ted
Tue Nov 08 14:12:03 CST 2005

Sure - if your ISP allow it. IP addresses are assigned by your ISP.

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"Newbie" <Newbie@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Hello,
>
> Is this possible to setup static ip address to use remote access?
>
> i.e. I just need one or two locations to access my windows 2003 server or
my
> xp workstatios.
>
> Thanks

Ted
Tue Nov 08 14:28:00 CST 2005

Wow - I'd never heard of DynDNS. Thanks, Shenan! {:->

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"Shenan Stanley" <newshelper@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> Newbie wrote:
> > Is this possible to setup static ip address to use remote access?
> >
> > i.e. I just need one or two locations to access my windows 2003
> > server or my xp workstatios.
>
> I do not fully understand your question.
>
> Taking it as written - yes - if your ISP/Network Administrator allows it,
> you can setup a staic IP address.
>
> If you cannot do it through your ISP/Network Administrator - but you know
> that remote desktop is allowed - you could use a service (free) like
> www.dyndns.org to configure a dynamic DNS for that machine - installing a
> client to keep it updated - so that you can always access it using a name
> that is easy for you to remember (like newbies-work.dyndns.org.)
>
> --
> Shenan Stanley
> MS-MVP
> --
> How To Ask Questions The Smart Way
> http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
>
>

Newbie
Tue Nov 08 14:35:01 CST 2005

Hello,

I mean

I have a windows 2003 server in my office with a static ip address. i.e.
206.13.29.12

I also have a static ip address at home. i.e. 202.25.14.23

So I can setup windows 2003 server, only ip 202.25.14.23 can access this
windows server by remote. and how?

Thanks

"Shenan Stanley" wrote:

> Newbie wrote:
> > Is this possible to setup static ip address to use remote access?
> >
> > i.e. I just need one or two locations to access my windows 2003
> > server or my xp workstatios.
>
> I do not fully understand your question.
>
> Taking it as written - yes - if your ISP/Network Administrator allows it,
> you can setup a staic IP address.
>
> If you cannot do it through your ISP/Network Administrator - but you know
> that remote desktop is allowed - you could use a service (free) like
> www.dyndns.org to configure a dynamic DNS for that machine - installing a
> client to keep it updated - so that you can always access it using a name
> that is easy for you to remember (like newbies-work.dyndns.org.)
>
> --
> Shenan Stanley
> MS-MVP
> --
> How To Ask Questions The Smart Way
> http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
>
>
>

Shenan
Tue Nov 08 15:01:55 CST 2005

Ted Zieglar wrote:
> Wow - I'd never heard of DynDNS. Thanks, Shenan! {:->

No problem. Been using DynDNS for a while now. When I setup a customer's
router - I often use the Dynamic DNS service on the routers to setup one for
them - well - for me - so I don't have to go back out to their home if
things go semi-bad - just remote into the router, forward the right ports to
the right machines, remote into the machine - fix the issue and never have
to leave the office.

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Shenan
Tue Nov 08 15:07:29 CST 2005

Newbie wrote:
> I mean
>
> I have a windows 2003 server in my office with a static ip address.
> i.e. 206.13.29.12
>
> I also have a static ip address at home. i.e. 202.25.14.23
>
> So I can setup windows 2003 server, only ip 202.25.14.23 can access
> this windows server by remote. and how?

Well, I know you can do it in Windows XP with SP2 *if* you have the firewall
on by specifying the scope for a given exception - thereby only allowing a
machine within this IP range (which can be a single IP) to use that open
port (in remote desktop's case - 3389.)

If you have the firewall on your server - you can probably do the same
thing - although i have never looked into it on the servers I run - they are
behind another firewall already.

If (and it doesn't sound like it in your case) the server is behind a
router - you could likely configure the router to only forward port requests
from certain IP ranges as well.

Your other option - albeit not the simplistic route - would be to look into
IPSEC filters..

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