RDP in 2 different operating systems from outside the network

Question

I have purchased a static ip from my ISP. I have two machines 1 is windows7 (computer) and the 2nd is windows server 2008 R2 (laptop).

I have done port forwarding in my router like this: TCP - 192.168.2.1 - 2020(port) - (WINDOWS7 Computer) TCP - 192.168.2.2 - 3030(port) - (Windows Server - Laptop)

Now, i want to go to windows server 2008 directly from outside the network via RDP connection.

While doing RDP from outside the network in typing xxx.xx.xx.xx:3030

Please help, what i am doing wrong here.

Answer 1

You will either need a router that allows forwarding to a different (internal) port than the port it's answering on, and set that internal port to the default RDP port (3389).

(Related SU question: Port Forwarding on Router using same internal port number on different IP addresses)

OR you need to change the port RDP listens on, on each machine. For that, see this other SU question: How do I change the RDP listening port?

Also don't forget about your Firewall:

Unable to RDP to a second computer on the same router after changing default RDP Listening Port