Trying to set port for Remote Desktop Connection on Win2K3

[Mark Findlay]

I have successfully set my remote desktop connection port to other than 3389
on my XP Pro machines, but when I attempt to set an alternate port on my
Win2K3 Server, I am no longer able to Remote Desktop Connection into the
server. It seems to only like 3389.

I set the alternate port by setting the registry value:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Terminal
Server\WinStations\RDP-Tcp\PortNumber to the desired alternate port.

Is there some additional change I need to make somewhere in Win2K3 Server
that I didn't have on the XP Pro machines? The port I was attempting to set
it to was 45454

Thanks!
Mark

[Miha Pihler [MVP]]

Hi Mark,

if you run netstat -an can you see the TCP port 45454 listed?

First try to connect to the server on LAN with this command (from e.g.
Windows XP)

mstsc /v:server.domain.com:45454

where server.domain.com is name of your Terminal Server where you want to
connect and 45454 is TCP port where RDP is listening...

Make sure that if there are any firewalls between your client and server
that there are proper rules on firewall that will allow the connection to
45454 TCP port.

How to Change Terminal Server's Listening Port
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;q187623

I hope this helps,

--
Mike
Microsoft MVP - Windows Security

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