What ports to open for remote desktop windows 7

I always use non-standard ports for remote desktop. SO what do I need to do to accomplish that in Win7. I thought that I had done everything correctly. Saturday, March 6, PM. Can your router change the port number during port forwarding? That actually gives you the best of both worlds, in that you could leave your RDP port at default for internal use on your home network, yet externally it will be available on another port.

As the Windows firewall is normally set to deny incoming connections that don't match a rule, and the Remote Desktop TCP-In rule is predefined and the port number cannot be altered, you'll need to make a new rule to allow a connection on an alternate port.

In the process or after you've made the first connection you could even set IP address restrictions in the new rule to ensure only your work gateway can get in. If not, there are several settings you'll need to enable to get the computer to accept incoming RDP connections.

Good luck. Sunday, March 7, AM. Thanks Noel, Both your suggestions are excellent. Yes I can convert external Port to internal Port and direct it to the correct static internal IP address. That will most likely solve the problem.

Actually I have been able to connect to the internal windows 7 machine from a machine at the office outside of my LAN But that works only when Windows Firewall is off. Your 2nd suggestion of looking at all the advanced settings in WF to allow Remote Desktop in via is a good one.

That might clue me in to what is missing in my own attempts to open the Windows Firewall to , as clearly the port forwarding on my router is working correctly.

If I can't figure out the Win Firewall setting in 30 minutes I will resort to your first suggestion I suppose VPN is also another option.

I'll let you know how I make out. Privacy policy. Applies to: Windows Server , Windows 10, Windows 8. When you connect to a computer either a Windows client or Windows Server through the Remote Desktop client, the Remote Desktop feature on your computer "hears" the connection request through a defined listening port by default.

You can change that listening port on Windows computers by modifying the registry. The next time you connect to this computer by using the Remote Desktop connection, you must type the new port. If you're using a firewall, make sure to configure your firewall to permit connections to the new port number. Thanks for your feedback. I changed the registry and with out firewall all works well. But once firewall is up and I add the ports on the firewall cant get in. Steven Mueller US.

Dear, I'm trying to open special ports for remote desktop on windows 7 8 and 10, and can not figure it out. What are the steps to open the firewall for those ports? Thanks Steven. This thread is locked.