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I have static IP given by my ISP for my Windows Server 2008 R2 and now in this. I wan to configure RDP to connect to the server from remote location with Internet connectivity.
I have two NIC available on server and on NIC ISP has assign the IPs.
PLease find IP addresses on the server.
Windows IP Configuration
Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : XXXServer
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : Yes
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection 2:
Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) 82574L Gigabit Network Connection #2
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 40-F2-E9-34-72-C7
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) 82574L Gigabit Network Connection
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 40-F2-E9-34-72-C8
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::fd7e:fb78:1032:1af9%11(Preferred)
IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.2(Preferred)
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1
DHCPv6 IAID . . . . . . . . . . . : 238305461
DHCPv6 Client DUID. . . . . . . . : 00-01-00-01-1A-8D-20-39-40-F2-E9-34-72-C8
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 202.83.21.12
202.83.20.101
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled
Tunnel adapter isatap.{BA207A81-9D81-4043-8AC2-2797054D28B5}:
Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft ISATAP Adapter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Tunnel adapter isatap.{7A11F7EA-BD3C-4B0B-9685-6EFEE0D34F8F}:
Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft ISATAP Adapter #3
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Tunnel adapter Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IPv6 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 2001:0:9d38:90d7:2083:3049:3f57:fffd(Preferred)
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::2083:3049:3f57:fffd%16(Preferred)
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : ::
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Disabled
Now i want to configure RDP I tried every other way it is not going through.


Static doesn't mean public. 192.168.0.2 is private IP address although it can be static. So from outside world, your computer will be unavailable. Btw, i think that this question should go to https://serverfault.com/ or some other stack exchange site.

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Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . : some-domain.net
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IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : some-domain.net
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Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
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Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
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Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) Centrino(R) Ultimate-N 6300 AGN
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Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
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Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Wednesday, September 18, 2013 9:30:29 AM
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DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1
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Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:
Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) 82579LM Gigabit Network Connection
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : D4-BE-D9-84-6A-63
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
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Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
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Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft ISATAP Adapter #3
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
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Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
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Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
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Interface List
57...02 05 85 7f eb 80 ......Juniper Networks Virtual Adapter
15...24 77 03 df b2 05 ......Microsoft Virtual WiFi Miniport Adapter
14...24 77 03 df b2 04 ......Intel(R) Centrino(R) Ultimate-N 6300 AGN
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1...........................Software Loopback Interface 1
36...00 00 00 00 00 00 00 e0 Microsoft ISATAP Adapter
37...00 00 00 00 00 00 00 e0 Microsoft ISATAP Adapter #2
35...00 00 00 00 00 00 00 e0 Microsoft 6to4 Adapter #3
52...00 00 00 00 00 00 00 e0 Microsoft ISATAP Adapter #3
34...00 00 00 00 00 00 00 e0 Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface
39...00 00 00 00 00 00 00 e0 Microsoft ISATAP Adapter #8
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0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 On-link 62.120.66.47 11
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255.255.255.255 255.255.255.255 On-link 192.168.0.5 257
255.255.255.255 255.255.255.255 On-link 62.120.66.47 266
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Windows IP Configuration
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Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . : SOMEDOMAIN.com
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : some.domain.names.com
Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection* 31:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : some-domain.names.com
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Virtual Adapter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 02-05-85-7F-EB-80
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 62.120.66.47(Preferred)
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.255
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 0.0.0.0
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 62.127.2.2
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Primary WINS Server . . . . . . . : 62.100.145.1
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled
Wireless LAN adapter Wireless Network Connection 2:
Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft Virtual WiFi Miniport Adapter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 24-77-03-DF-B2-05
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Wireless LAN adapter Wireless Network Connection:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : domain.actdsltmp
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) Centrino(R) Ultimate-N 6300 AGN
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 24-77-03-DF-B2-04
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.5(Preferred)
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Tuesday, September 17, 2013 9:30:25 AM
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Wednesday, September 18, 2013 9:30:29 AM
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1
225.112.132.23
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled
Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:
Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) 82579LM Gigabit Network Connection
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : D4-BE-D9-84-6A-63
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Tunnel adapter isatap.hyperras-ash-jpt.dupontnet.net:
Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : some-domain.net
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft ISATAP Adapter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Tunnel adapter isatap.{B56AB647-7178-40B4-ABA4-C6DCF51D1134}:
Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft ISATAP Adapter #2
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Tunnel adapter 6TO4 Adapter:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : some domain name
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft 6to4 Adapter #3
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 62.127.2.2
62.100.146.1
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Disabled
Tunnel adapter isatap.{95E3911B-4B84-4447-9784-604AFA3ECF60}:
Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft ISATAP Adapter #3
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 23:
Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Tunnel adapter isatap.domain.actdsltmp:
Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : domain.actdsltmp
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft ISATAP Adapter #8
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

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echo '<img class="catimg" src="'.content_url().'/images/cats/' . $category->cat_name . '.gif" alt="' . $category->cat_name . '" />'; }
If the images are in the theme folder then you can use this:
foreach((get_the_category()) as $category) {
echo '<img class="catimg" src="'.get_template_directory_uri().'/images/cats/' . $category->cat_name . '.gif" alt="' . $category->cat_name . '" />'; }

How do I upload a file to wordpress using a custom upload form?

I don't want to use Wordpress' built in media uploader.
I have a form (on the frontend) of my site, and I need to allow anyone to upload an image to my uploads folder in wp-content. I've found many tutorials, but they all tell me how to do it with the wordpress uploader. I need to be able to validate what users are uploading.
Any help is greatly appreciated!!!
Thanks.

Does this help?
WPTuts: Allow users to submit images to your site
PHP:
require_once(ABSPATH . "wp-admin" . '/includes/image.php');
require_once(ABSPATH . "wp-admin" . '/includes/file.php');
require_once(ABSPATH . "wp-admin" . '/includes/media.php');
$attachment_id = media_handle_upload('file-upload', $post->ID);
HTML:
<input type="file" name="file-upload" id="file-upload" />

Solved. This is the code I used to do it:
In my code:
require_once(ABSPATH . "wp-admin" . '/includes/image.php');
require_once(ABSPATH . "wp-admin" . '/includes/file.php');
require_once(ABSPATH . "wp-admin" . '/includes/media.php');
$attachment_id = media_handle_upload('file-upload', $post->ID);
In my form:
<input type="file" name="file-upload" id="file-upload" />

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