"Vibhor" <Vib***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:19C354FC-B960-4AEE-8A4F-FDD6DDAA246A@microsoft.com...
> Hi,
>
> I am trying to configure my office PC so that I can access it from home.
> There is a proxy server which provides us with internet connection at
> work.
>
> I tried following all the steps at the following link:
> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/networking/expert/northrup_03may16.mspx
>
> but I was not able to acess my work PC from home.
> on typing the URL as mentioned in the web page above
> (http://ipaddress:port/tsweb/ --- where ipaddress was picked using
> whatismyip.org and port was assigned by me) 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 regarding this. Am I missing something??
>
> Regards,
> Vibhor

"Jack-MVP" wrote:

> Hi
> You have to configure a specific computer in your Office to accept the
> Remote connection,  the Port used by the Remote program has to be forwarded
> through the Proxy and any Firewall to the specific local IP of this
> computer.
> Jack (MS, MVP-Networking)
>
> "Vibhor" <Vib***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:19C354FC-B960-4AEE-8A4F-FDD6DDAA246A@microsoft.com...
> > Hi,
> >
> > I am trying to configure my office PC so that I can access it from home.
> > There is a proxy server which provides us with internet connection at
> > work.
> >
> > I tried following all the steps at the following link:
> > http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/networking/expert/northrup_03may16.mspx
> >
> > but I was not able to acess my work PC from home.
> > on typing the URL as mentioned in the web page above
> > (http://ipaddress:port/tsweb/ --- where ipaddress was picked using
> > whatismyip.org and port was assigned by me) 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 regarding this. Am I missing something??
> >
> > Regards,
> > Vibhor
>
>

"Vibhor" wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Do you mean that the Firewall at the proxy might be blocking the port?
> I will try with port no. 80. I hope this will work since I access the
> internet daily and I don't think this would be blocked.
>
> "Jack-MVP" wrote:
>
> > Hi
> > You have to configure a specific computer in your Office to accept the
> > Remote connection,  the Port used by the Remote program has to be forwarded
> > through the Proxy and any Firewall to the specific local IP of this
> > computer.
> > Jack (MS, MVP-Networking)
> >
> > "Vibhor" <Vib***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > news:19C354FC-B960-4AEE-8A4F-FDD6DDAA246A@microsoft.com...
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > I am trying to configure my office PC so that I can access it from home.
> > > There is a proxy server which provides us with internet connection at
> > > work.
> > >
> > > I tried following all the steps at the following link:
> > > http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/networking/expert/northrup_03may16.mspx
> > >
> > > but I was not able to acess my work PC from home.
> > > on typing the URL as mentioned in the web page above
> > > (http://ipaddress:port/tsweb/ --- where ipaddress was picked using
> > > whatismyip.org and port was assigned by me) 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 regarding this. Am I missing something??
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > > Vibhor
> >
> >

"Vibhor" wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I tried this the other way round, just to make sure I am not missing
> anything. I tried connecting to my PC at home through my office PC.
>
> I accessed the path: (http://ipaddress:port/tsweb/ --- where ipaddress was
> picked using whatismyip.org and port was assigned by me)
>
> but got the error: "Unresolved IP address" from the proxy at office.
>
> Meanwhile I still got the Timeout error when I access the office PC from home.
>
> I would appreciate your help.
>
> Regards,
> Vibhor
>
> "Vibhor" wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > Do you mean that the Firewall at the proxy might be blocking the port?
> > I will try with port no. 80. I hope this will work since I access the
> > internet daily and I don't think this would be blocked.
> >
> > "Jack-MVP" wrote:
> >
> > > Hi
> > > You have to configure a specific computer in your Office to accept the
> > > Remote connection,  the Port used by the Remote program has to be forwarded
> > > through the Proxy and any Firewall to the specific local IP of this
> > > computer.
> > > Jack (MS, MVP-Networking)
> > >
> > > "Vibhor" <Vib***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > > news:19C354FC-B960-4AEE-8A4F-FDD6DDAA246A@microsoft.com...
> > > > Hi,
> > > >
> > > > I am trying to configure my office PC so that I can access it from home.
> > > > There is a proxy server which provides us with internet connection at
> > > > work.
> > > >
> > > > I tried following all the steps at the following link:
> > > > http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/networking/expert/northrup_03may16.mspx
> > > >
> > > > but I was not able to acess my work PC from home.
> > > > on typing the URL as mentioned in the web page above
> > > > (http://ipaddress:port/tsweb/ --- where ipaddress was picked using
> > > > whatismyip.org and port was assigned by me) 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 regarding this. Am I missing something??
> > > >
> > > > Regards,
> > > > Vibhor
> > >
> > >