Mac to Windows Remote Access

Marky · 14 Oct 2013 at 18:39

Hey all,

Soon I will be moving to Canada for a while and during my visit I will still require desktop access to my server which runs Windows 7 (I will be using my MacBook Pro).

I currently use the standard Windows Remote Desktop app on my mac (from Microsoft) to access the server locally - however, I don't think that will work remotely (or correct me if I'm wrong).

So I'm wondering what the best software for the job is? I won't be doing much when I have to have access to the server; just checking up on its status, deleting/moving files around and just general maintenance to keep it online.

Thanks,
Marky

Hyburnate · 14 Oct 2013 at 18:42

TeamViewer. It should work remotely though :confused:

Deleted member 138126 · 14 Oct 2013 at 18:44

LogMeIn -- works great.

Rainagul · 14 Oct 2013 at 18:48

join.me if all else fails

MagicBoy · 14 Oct 2013 at 19:02

RDP should work if you open up port 3389 on your router. This will however make it visible to port scanning n00bs as well.

LogMeIn is another option, and probably more secure.

Megahackerd · 14 Oct 2013 at 19:18

Hyburnate said:
TeamViewer. It should work remotely though

+1 best ever, and you could transfer files...

paradigm · 15 Oct 2013 at 08:44

MagicBoy said:
RDP should work if you open up port 3389 on your router. This will however make it visible to port scanning n00bs as well.

LogMeIn is another option, and probably more secure.

Alternatively, open up a non-standard port on your router and port-forward to 3389?

MagicBoy · 15 Oct 2013 at 10:17

Lateral thinking. Nice!

Scythe · 15 Oct 2013 at 10:43

Teamviewer. I used to use LogMeIn but started using Teamviewer the other day, it's much better.

KIA · 15 Oct 2013 at 10:48

TeamViewer. Avoid exposing RDP to the Internet if possible.

You could use RDP over Hamachi.

Swarfega · 15 Oct 2013 at 13:45

LogMeIn as a backup.
RDP is much better so as above hide the traffic using Hamachi.

Marky · 21 Oct 2013 at 13:02

Thanks for the suggestions guys

I've seen that recently Microsoft have released remote access software on the iPad/iPhone - After using it I would love to be able to use RDP if possible...

My server has a username and password on it, but any extra security is always best (Not that I have anything that really needs to be secure on it...).

If I was to open up a port and just forward it to 3389 - Would that be secure enough to hide myself from snoopers?

Swarfega · 21 Oct 2013 at 14:08

It will do. For a home user opening 3389 I can't see being a problem. As long as your using a strong password that someone can't guess then I wouldn't worry about it.

paradigm · 21 Oct 2013 at 14:28

No point in opening up 3389 when adding :0000 (where 0000 is the port you opened) to the end of your connection string is no hardship.

It takes what, an extra 2 seconds to type?

Marky · 21 Oct 2013 at 16:28

Oh I see what you mean - You can use any port you like?

Swarfega you're right, it's just a media server really that I'd like to have access to whilst I'm away from home - I have a long secure password, so that should be fine.

Mac to Windows Remote Access

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