Forwarding Windows Remote user

I have just installed a new HP Procurve, and it works fine for 4 PC users in the office, giving access to internet, and sharing of files on a seperate PC (server). I have one user using Windows Remote from outside the office. How do I set things up so when they dial in, the Procurve will forward them to the PC (server)?

 

Could you give the model of your Procurve?

 

Port 3389 forwards to the local IP of the server.

 

Its a 2708.

I want to forward the out-of-office user who dials in using Windows Remote, to their office PC.

Procurve came with no software CD - is that right? - so I don't know how to do the forwarding set up.

 

The HP Procurve 2708 is just an unmanaged gigabit switch:

http://www.hp.com/rnd/products/switches/switch2708-2724/overview.htm

It works at layers 1 and 2 and therefore doesn't know anything about TCP/IP and nothing about ports. Port forwarding is not controlled nor managed by a switch. Being unmanaged, there is no software to install. Being a layer two switch, there is no configuration to alter. That's why it doesn't come with a software CD. Just plug it in and it does its job.

The device that controls port forwarding is your router. What router do you have?

 

Oh, previously I used a Zyxel Prestige 660H-61, and that did the forwarding ... I unplugged that. Should I be plugging the Procurve into that, and each PC network cable into the Procurve?

 

Yes.

 

Thanks - sorted. I now got my local area connection speed as 1.0 Gbps. I noticed in the HP Procurve manual, that they suggested category 5E cables, and I have category 5. If the cat 5 cables did not work, would it not show 1.0 Gbps as my speed? Or can I assume everything is working as it should be?

 

It really depends how long your cable runs are. If they are only a couple of meters, you may well get away with it. If they are tens of meters, Cat 5e or even Cat 6 would be better.

However, 5e is such a common standard (and has been for some years) many cables don't have the e suffix even though they are of the 5e standard. If you bought the cables in the last couple of years, I'd be surprised if they were not Cat 5e.

Gigabit does put a lot more stress on the cables than 100Mb/s. Therefore, cabling systems that worked faultlessly at 100Mb/s can generate error packets at gigabit speeds. If you have long cable runs, and want to run at Gigabit throughout, I would highly recommend getting your cables installed by a qualified network cable installer.

 

Thanks Reggie,

It turned out that some of the cables worked fine at the 1.0 Gbps speed. Others continued to show 100 Mbps as network speed, so I changed those to Category 6, and they then worked fine.

Thanks for clearing up the switch thing as well earlier - I had (of course!) the Zyxel connected to the ProCurve all along, just that was looking then for the Procurve then to do the port forwarding, that is where I went wrong, and in fact the same Zyxel settings were all that was required - was in the end much easier than I actually thought (surprisingly)

 

Glad to be of help