There is more popular procedure known as R/3 support wherein the SAP support rem otely connects to the customer throught SAPGUI but if the SAP server is down the n WTS (Windows Terminal Server) connections needs to be opened. How to : SAP Note : 605795 Points to remember : 1. Please maintain the following line in the SAProuttab: KP "p:CN=sapserv2, OU=SAProuter, O=SAP, C=DE" (IP-Address) 3389 PLEASE NOTE!!!!The "*" is a wildcard for all ports within 3200 and 3299. All oth erports must be specified with their own lines. When you make changes to saprouttab please run "saprouter -n" toreload the new s aprouttab. You may also restart the router. 2. The connection needs to be re-established again from scratch (the SAProuter s hould come to disconnect state), otherwise, you may get error like : route permission denied sapserv2 to (IP address of machine), (Port Number) Locat ion: SapRouter on hostname(of machine where saprouter is running) The above error can also come if the host entry is not maintained in saprouttab file as given above.