Why Can't I RDP from outside my network?

gib65

Member
Hello,

I have a router in my home network and it is setup to port forward RDP requests to my server. I'm able to remote desktop into my server from within my home network, but not outside. Whenever I tried to connect from outside, it tells me it cannot make the connection.

Internally, I connect using the name of my server. From outside, I have to use my WAN IP address, which I get from whatismyip.com.

Can anyone suggest what else besides the port forwarding (in the attached image) I can do to remote desktop from outside my home network?

RDP port forwarding.png
 

voyagerfan99

Master of Turning Things Off and Back On Again
Staff member
Use a website like This to test if port 3389 is open on your network. If it doesn't see it as open then you need to do some other stuff.
 

beers

Moderator
Staff member
Likely also need to allow external subnets to 3389 in Windows firewall.

I'd also suggest using VPN instead of just port forwarding.
 
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