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Hey guys- We have a Virtual Server hosted with GoDaddy- obviously running Windows 2008 Server. I DO have TS Web Access hooked up- but- we would like for each co-worker to be able to mount a shortcut to a shared folder onto their own machines at home. The shared folder would be hosted on the Server- and the idea is they wouldn't have to login to TS Web Access each time, they could just double click the shortcut and open the folder. How do I achieve this? Thanks

Nope- just the one domain. Let me summarize for you- --> mydomain.com forwarded to my.ip.123.456/ts with masking turned on - all done via GoDaddy. Users type in www.mydomain.com and it goes right to the TS Web Access Page. -- I click the Remote Desktop button. I type in the IP Address for the Connect To: box, and then connect (I thought this was talking about certificates, but it's not)- I immediately get this box: My link --> I hit connect. It logs me right in (sometimes I have to re-enter my username/password, as if I'm logging into windows itself). The rest of the usage works perfectly (and this is how I'm logging in to be able to access/change all these DNS/Server settings, btw) --> if I type in either mydomain.com, www.mydomain.com, or the ComputerName into the Connect To: box- I initially get the same connect box as above... but then it takes quite a bit longer- and I finally get a new text box message asking me to Enter my Credentials. It says this- ENTER YOUR CREDENTIALS These credentials will be used to connect to the following computers: 1. mydomain.com (TS Gateway Server) 2. www.mydomain.com (remote computer) I try a few different login/passwords, but then it finally errors out after a long period and gives me this: "This computer can't connect to the remote computer because the Terminal Services Gateway server address is unreachable or incorrect. Type a valid server address. That's it. Any ideas of what I'm doing wrong? I'm tempted to just give you access to all this, have you take a look to see what's the deal. Your thoughts?

ok- that's not working. Here's an error I'm getting once I attempt either www.mydomain.com or mydomain.com- The computer can't connect to the remote computer because the Terminal Services Gateway Server address is unreachable or incorrect.Type a valid server address Now I type in either one (www.mydomain.com or mydomain.com) in the connect to: box, IE pops up a window talking about the certificate and asking if I want to accept it. I do. Then it pops up a DIFFERENT login box asking for my credentials in the form of a login/password. Once I try various logins on THAT screen, it pops up that error message. When I google that error message, other people are talking about the certificate and port forwarding this and that. I haven't forwarded any ports, and I believe the certificate I setup was something to do with a 120 day free certificate- and I would need to purchase a different certificate after 120 days. I have no idea what all that means... but maybe that helps describe the problem? I guess I don't get why it works perfectly when using the IP Address in the 'Connect To:' box, but not a DNS. Weird. Any ideas? Thanks soo much!!!

Hey guys- I want to give access to a folder via the RemoteApp Programs window. Users would be able to open and copy/paste documents into a file folder (and all sub folders) through that window. I DO NOT want to give them access via FTP or the Desktop. Is this possible to do? How do I do it? Thanks

ok- just logged OUT of remote desktop- and tried to log back in... In the Connect To: box on the TS Web Access screen- I typed in 'mydomain.com'. It took a while, then came back with this message- 'This computer can't connect to the remote computer because the Terminal Services Gateway server address is unreachable or incorrect. Type a valid server address' What's that mean? Now- just as before, if I type in the IP Address in the 'Connect To:' box- it works perfectly. Ideas???

ok- on Step 6 from that link you posted- I actually used 255.255.255.255. When I tried to use my given IP Address- it said it couldn't do it because the Reverse Lookup something or other couldn't be found. It accepted 255.255.255.255 tho. Is that ok? Changed the primary DNS as you said. Now the nslookup says: Default Server: localhost Address: 127.0.0.1 Is that right? Are we done and working? LOL- thanks... let me know where to go from here.

Oh man, this is WONDERFUL help! I cannot thank you enough! My head is spinning now- seriously. LOL. How do I go about doing this stuff? ie- pointing the server to itself as the DNS server? I THINK I did already add a New Host Record in the forward zone... checking now... ok- in the forward zone record... I have NONE for Dynamic Updates. SOA I didn't touch anything- but it has serial as '4', a name for primary server (I believe that's the name of the actual machine we gave it), responsible person is hostmaster (again, didn't touch anything in here either). Name Servers I have 2 listed- both are pointing to my IP Address GoDaddy Assigned us. WINS is blank Zone Transfers: Allow Zone Transfers, only to servers listed on the Name Servers tab --> That's it in that window Back in the Server Manager window, I have a sub-folder underneath the new forward zone folder titles 'com'. I assume that's from the NS I assigned it- mydomain.com??? So, ASSUMING that's all right- how do I point the server to itself for the DNS Server? Thanks!!!

ok- here you go- Did the command prompt nslookup thing- it says Default Server: ip-208-109-188-8.ip.secureserver.net Address: 208.109.188.8 --> THIS IS NOT the ip address of my server, btw... then I typed www.mydomain.com--> Default Server: ip-208-109-188-8.ip.secureserver.net Address: 208.109.188.8 Non-authoritative answer: Name: mydomain.com Address: xx.xxx.xxx.xxx *NOTE- this is NOT the IP of my server! No idea what this is) Aliases: www.mydomain.com THEN I did the other thing you described... It shows 'Use the following IP Address: IP Address: 10.0.0.1 Subnet mask: 255.255.255.0 Dafault Gateway: 10.0.0.254 Use the following DNS Server address: Preferred DNS Server: 208.109.188.8 Alternative DNS Server: 208.109.188.9 **(again, neither of these are my server's IP Address) Any ideas?

ok- here's something odd that I can't understand... At GoDaddy- they assigned an IP Address of our server. Now, I pointed the domain name to that IP Address/ts, and it works great. HOWEVER- when I PING that domainname.com, it gives me a COMPLETELY different IP Address than the one GoDaddy assigned our server. NOW- If I Ping the IP Address that GoDaddy Assigned us- the request times out. That just doesn't make any sense to me. The server is up/running perfectly fine. What am I missing?

OK- I installed the DNS role on the server. I THINK I configured it properly. I did forward zone only, setup a new zone file, did NOT forward requests which allows ROOT DNS lookups... is this right?

WOW. That's a lot of info. THANK YOU! I follow *MOST* of it... but not sure how to correct it. This type of stuff really loses me, if you can't tell. Maybe if I describe to you what we have- you can tell me how to fix it? We have a virtual server from GoDaddy (just one server, no others). I, as well as my co-workers, will be connecting to it from home or the office- no internal network, LAN, or anything. It's a Windows 2008 Server. I haven't done any DNS setup, or anything you described on it, other than getting the TS Web Access installed/working. At GoDaddy- I pointed our www.domain.com to the IP Address of our server. If memory serves, I also did forwarding/masking so that it points to *IP ADDRESS*/ts (the url of the TS Web Access page), but looks like the user just typed in www.domain.com and it pulled up the TS Web Access page... When you login via this TS Web Access page, it only recognizes the IP Address. It won't give access if I type in domainname or whatever. Obviously I don't want me/co-workers to have to type in an IP, I want them to be able to type in domainname to be able to login. That's all I know. I haven't done any DNS setup on the server itself. Is that what I need to do here? Can you give me steps on how to check/correct this problem? I sincerely appreciate all the help! Obviously, I've never done this stuff before- but I DO learn pretty quick! Just under a lot of pressure from the boss to get this project completed. Thanks a TON!!!

ok, you're really losing me on all that. Can you explain in 'for dummies' terms? I appreciate it!

Well- I have the site hosted at GoDaddy. I've already got the domain name pointed at the IP Address, so I can go to www.mydomain.com and it pulls it up. HOWEVER- once you get the TS Web Access screen up- it's the 'Connect To' text box that I'm referring to. It's a public IP address. If I put in my domain name in that 'Connect To' text input box, it doesn't work. It only works if I put the public IP address in there. Any ideas?

Hi thanks for the reply. Can you explain that for me? I haven't had my caffeine yet today, not quite following you. Are you suggesting that you CAN drag/drop to/from the Remote Desktop window? Mine doesn't do that when I try. What am I missing? Thanks again for your help. error.doc

Hey guys- I am new to most this stuff, just trying to figure it out for my work. I have a domain name being forwarded & masked to myip/ts. Users go to www.mydomain.com and it gets them to the TS Web Access login screen. HOWEVER- on the Remote Desktop tab, in the Connection Options--> Connect to: box, I have to input the IP Address of our site in order for it to allow us to login. Is there a way to setup an alias name so that the users don't have to try to remember an IP Address to log in with instead? So- I'd like them to be able to enter 'aliasname' in the Connect to: box instead of the IP Address of our site. Is this possible? Thanks for all the help!!!