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If you are running firewall infront of your RRAS server (i.e. between internet and RRAS), then following are the relevant ports which needs to be opened on the firewall for VPN connectivity to be successful: a) PPTP tunnel based VPN uses TCP Port number 1723 and IP Protocol number 47 (GRE). Please note: The 47 […]

Note: This is an advanced tip and only applicable to certain situations. The Remote Desktop by default uses TCP/IP port 3389, some people think that they can increase the security of the RDP protocol by changing it too different location. This is almost as effective as moving a lock on a...

This documentation is archived and is not being maintained. If enabled, the default instance of the SQL Server Database Engine listens on TCP port 1433. Named instances of the Database Engine and SQL Server Compact 3.5 SP2 are configured for dynamic ports. This means they select an available port when...

Most networked resources will function just as they do when you are on campus. However, as determined by license agreements and other requirements, some resources will look at your network (IP) address to determine whether or not you are on campus, and require a different level of authentication if you...

You can establish remote control sessions directly within your local area network (LAN) by using IP addresses or computer host names. By default this feature is deactivated because some software firewalls may not allow it. If you would like to receive a connection from another computer over your LAN, you...

Sharing Files To enable File Sharing on your Mac, open the Sharing pane of System Preferences and select the option for File Sharing. Windows computers and Macs can then see your computer on the local network. When you connect from a Mac using OS X Mavericks or OS X Yosemite...

For remote access VPN connections, a computer creates a remote access connection to a VPN server. During the connection process the VPN server assigns an IP address for the remote access VPN client and changes the default route on the remote client so that default route traffic is sent over...

Sometimes (waaaay to often) I have to check that a site I’m working on looks like it should in Internet Explorer 6, Safari on Mac or some other browser that I can’t run in Windows 7. In this case I wanted to access it from IE6 running in XP Mode....

This one is driving me nuts. I have a Terminal Server at a client's location (they are an RV park, and have a rather extensive internal network with multiple DSLAM's). The TS has 2 NIC's: one connected to the local (office) network, through a router to a DSL modem, then...

When you change the name of the computer that is running SQL Server, the new name is recognized during SQL Server startup. You do not have to run Setup again to reset the computer name. Instead, use the following steps to update system metadata that is stored in sys.servers and...