Do you have Archer C8 or C9 -- question about opening a port (for Remote Desktop)...

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Hi all,

I just replaced my old router with an an Archer C8.

One problem I'm having is that I can't make a Remote Desktop connection over my LAN.

Specifically, I have a Windows 7 PC running Remote Desktop, wired to the router.

And I'm connecting with a Mac over wi-fi.

My smb connection from the Mac to the PC does work, but I can't establish the Remote Desktop connection.

I'm assuming the problem is that I may need to open a port -- I believe 3389 -- but I'm not quite clear how to do that.

Also, I would only want that within the LAN -- no need for Remote Desktop coming from the outside.

Anybody here with an Archer C8 or C9 able to point me where in the Web interface I should enable that?

Or is it possibly some other issue? Meaning, would it be "expected" that Remote Desktop should work over the LAN by default?

Many thanks! -Scott

 

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Windows 7 Home/Home Premium does not support Remote Desktop as a host (it does support RDC to Win7/8/10 Pro/Ultimate/Enterprise).

Might consider an alternate approach - TeamViewer is fast and for home/personal use it's free to use...

And no, no ports need to be opened if your on your own LAN (client to server)

 

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It's Windows 7 Pro -- this all worked through the previous router.

I replaced the router, I can access the Internet, and I can use smb from my Mac to connect to the PC -- but I can't connect through Remote Desktop.

So that "feels" like a possible port block?

 

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Upon further investigation, it appears to have been the Windows Firewall -- don't quite know why it stopped working, but now it's all good, thanks & move along, nothing to see here...

 

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Upon further investigation, it appears to have been the Windows Firewall -- don't quite know why it stopped working, but now it's all good, thanks & move along, nothing to see here...

That'll do it

Glad you got it sorted/fixed...