that was a big TYPO , i was working a venue running and e-auction with 500 wireless users and was just typing on the fly;
what I meant was ie. public port 3389 to internal 3389 x.x.x.10 ie. public port 4000 to internal 3389 x.x.x.11 ie. public port 4001 to internal 3389 x.x.x.12 Jean-Paul Natola From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [NTSysADM] RDS license question Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2014 15:00:13 -0400 Does your firewall not have the ability to do port translation? ie. public port 3389 to internal 3389 x.x.x.10 ie. public port 3389 to internal 3389 x.x.x.11 ie. public port 3389 to internal 3389 x.x.x.12 > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: [NTSysADM] RDS license question > Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2014 18:51:33 +0000 > > No one is ever 100% sure about Microsoft licensing. Not even Microsoft. Call > up 10 different Microsoft licensing specialists (not partners, Microsoft > employees) and you'll likely get at least 6 different answers. I usually take > the single answer with the most hits and move forward. :) > > -- > There are 10 kinds of people in the world... > those who understand binary and those who don't. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] > On Behalf Of Dave Lum > Sent: Tuesday, June 17, 2014 2:48 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: [NTSysADM] RDS license question > > If I understand MS licensing correctly, you will need an RDS CAL for each > user that will be connecting, even if they're just RDP-ing to their PC. > > But, I am not 100% sure... > > Dave > > > I'm just trying to allow users to RDP into their machines, without > > opening 3389. Also the site only has one static so RDP would to > > multiple maces would be hard unless I change the port numbers. > > > > From: [email protected] > > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of J- P > > Sent: Tuesday, June 17, 2014 10:32 AM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: RE: [NTSysADM] RDS license question > > > > The license server needs to be activated, in order to allow a computer > > to establish a remote connection to a and RDS server. > > > > if you are not installing an RD server what function will the gateway > > server? > > I guess my question is , what exactly are you trying to do that can't > > be accomplished by FW rules or simple port forwarding? > > > > > > Jean-Paul Natola > > > > > > > > ________________________________ > > From: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> > > To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> > > Subject: RE: [NTSysADM] RDS license question > > Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2014 17:15:01 +0000 > > Excellent point on the administration part. > > > > Thanks Webster for answering my question. Maybe I can ask the next > > question that piggy backs off that. If the RDS server is setup as a > > RDS gateway only, does the licensing manager or CALS even need to be > > installed? > > > > > > From: > > [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> > > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of J- P > > Sent: Tuesday, June 17, 2014 9:54 AM > > To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> > > Subject: RE: [NTSysADM] RDS license question > > > > I believe, and someone chime in if I'm mistaken, > > > > The two cals that "come with it " are for administration only, > > Administrators don't get counted as RDP users ( I learned that when i > > started with Citrix years ago ) If you really want to see what is > > allocated/assigned goto TSlicensing and run a report , it will show > > how many user liceses are in assigned. > > > > here is a sample i just pulled > > > > [https://a.gfx.ms/i_safe.gif] > > > > > > > > > > > > Jean-Paul Natola > > > > ________________________________ > > From: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> > > To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> > > Subject: [NTSysADM] RDS license question > > Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2014 15:53:22 +0000 > > I'm sure this is a simple question. Server 2008R2 with RDS installed. > > It has 3 User CAL's installed. > > > > I'm testing the CALS and now have 6 different RDP sessions that are > > active. Shouldn't I have hit a limit here, 3 plus the 2 that come > > with servers by default? Thanks for any clarifications. > > > > Jimmy > > > > > > > > > >
