Remote Web connection through a Proxy

6 May 2009 7:30 AM

Vibhor

Hi,

I have a proxy server which provides internet connectivity at my office. Is
it possible for me to connect to my PC at home through this proxy server or
vice-versa?

I configured the PC at my office according to the instructions at the link
below: http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/networking/expert/northrup_03may16.mspx

But on accessing my office PC through internet I got the following error:
" Proxy Encountered Error
Connection Timeout: Could not contact the remote server. Possible causes
include mistyped URL, transient network problems, overloaded remote server,
and misconfigured proxy server. "

Can anyone please help.

6 May 2009 6:26 PM

Bob Lin (MS-MVP)

Is it possible the proxy server has a policy to block port 3389. Can you
telnet remote pc port 3389?

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"Vibhor" <Vib***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Hi,
>
> I have a proxy server which provides internet connectivity at my office.
> Is
> it possible for me to connect to my PC at home through this proxy server
> or
> vice-versa?
>
> I configured the PC at my office according to the instructions at the link
> below:
> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/networking/expert/northrup_03may16.mspx
>
> But on accessing my office PC through internet I got the following error:
> " Proxy Encountered Error
> Connection Timeout: Could not contact the remote server. Possible causes
> include mistyped URL, transient network problems, overloaded remote
> server,
> and misconfigured proxy server. "
>
> Can anyone please help.