

We have just purchased a new finance system and the company are doing an off-site installation. i'd normally just put the hostname in the PC Name box. I'm not really sure what it's used for as I have only ever used the app to remote into machines on my network, therefore the gateway is ignored. Yes there is room for a 'gateway' in the remote desktop app.

There is no place for internal and external addresses. In the remote desktop app, you either put the hostname you want to connect to or the ip of the host you want to connect to. The route has nothing to do with the remote desktop client. I am lost as to where you are at and your confusion. When you drill a hole to run wire or pipe through, do you leave the hole as is, or do you fill it? That is the difference between a professional and a DIY, the professional will fill it, the DIY will call it a day and let air, rodents or whatever else through. You keep trying things until it works, figure out why it didn't work in the first place, then fix the holes you made.
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If this person is having trouble allowing access, perhaps instead of showing them how to allow it in the firewall (which someone already did) having him disabling it and trying again will net the results that the person wants.
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On a software firewall, generally you allow all communications on your network or subnet range to communicate to your computers blindly.if you don't, usually you are a bit more knowledgeable than the average user. another computer gets infected on your network, do you know what the chances of your computer getting infected? Lets say you have antivirus/antimalware software installed on your computers.same scenario. Lets take your home for instance, you don't run a software firewall on your computer. Going way off topic here.in what world would having a software firewall on a secure, trusted network be bad practice? I can't begin to tell you how many times the firewall blocked communications even though the rule stated to allow. Not always is it simple to allow a port, sometimes another port is required and blocked. There are many reasons to turn off the firewall. Can see what ports are being attached to and opening those ports when vendor documentation is lax or non existent. Easy to determine culprit of connectivity issues.
