Port Forwarding (using GUFW) to allow pass thru of Windows Remote Desktop Connection

[avatarman]

Needing some expert Linux help on how to configure my Ubuntu 16.04 Linux desktop to allow a MS Windows Remote Desktop Connection through the firewall to connect to a windows machine in my network (behind the firewall).

 

The Linux Ubuntu 16.04 machine is acting as a file server and is also the machine that is connected to the modem/router and sharing the internet connection with the rest of the network.

 

What I want to do I think, is forward port 3389 on the Linux machine to point to the Windows machine that needs to be connected to remotely.

 

Any help is appreciated.

 

 

NOTE: I had no problem doing this when my file server was an older Windows computer running XP Professional as there was a dialogue box to point the remote desktop connection to the proper machine - now however on windows 7 and above I don't see how to do this and the AT&T router I am using doesn't make forwarding the port to an IP seem workable.

 

So, I have moved on to Linux and decided to ask for direction before attempting to change the firewall settings. I *can* successfully connect to the windows machine from the Linux machine using Remmina Remote Desktop Client within the network.

 

- Jim in Chicago -

Edited August 11, 2016 by avatarman