What Ports do I forward in my Router for WHS?

June 28, 2007 — Philip Churchill

Some of you have emailed asking which ports you need to forward on your router for Windows Home Server. So here we go:

The first port to forward to your WHS is the “standard web traffic” (HTTP) port 80, although this is optional. If you don’t forward it, you can access your WHS machine using https://<address> instead of http://<address>

Next is the “secure http web traffic” (HTTPS) port 443.

Then Remote Web Workplace (RWW) which uses port 4125. This enables you to access the web interface feature.

Web Interface Web Interface Feature

Finally the Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) port 3389. This allows you to use “Remote Desktop Connection” to connect to your Windows Home Server desktop.

RDP Windows Home Server Desktop

All ports are TCP only – UDP is NOT necessary.

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Discovered WHS Server Page

June 28, 2007 — Philip Churchill

On my Vista PC I was browsing my Network and Sharing Center – View full map and noticed the server tower icon (bottom, left).

Network Center

Once clicked on, it opens your web browser and displays the following image:

UPNP Web Page

I haven’t come across this page before (have you?) and post it here for you to see. The URL to access it from is http://server/upnp/welcome.aspx?. If you have changed your WHS name to something different than “SERVER”, change the URL accordingly

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