What do I need to do to remote desktop to my machine at home?
- Thread starter wilsky
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Thanks to everyone for the advice.
Seeing as I like to get my hands grubby I will give the following a go. I would much prefer to actually remote desktop via a VPN rather than a browser.
I understand that using Logmein is easier but I haven't really learned anything that way. Looking below I doubt I will get it right first try and if I do it will have just been pure luck.
But hey, that is half the fun.
Cheers
Seeing as I like to get my hands grubby I will give the following a go. I would much prefer to actually remote desktop via a VPN rather than a browser.
I understand that using Logmein is easier but I haven't really learned anything that way. Looking below I doubt I will get it right first try and if I do it will have just been pure luck.
But hey, that is half the fun.
Cheers
If you aren't technically minded use logmein.
I'm technically minded, so I went a different way.
Install Cygwin and OpenSSHD.
(http://www.petri.co.il/setup-ssh-server-vista.htm)
Setup Dynamic Dns
(http://www.dyndns.com/)
Forward port 22 from your router to your desktop
Make sure RDP is running on your desktop.
From remote machine use:
ssh -L 13386:localhost:3386 [email protected]
Then open Remote Desktop & connect to localhost:13389 and connect to your desktop over an encrypted tunnel.
Note, you can significantly improve the security of your connection by using Public Key authentication, see http://sial.org/howto/openssh/publickey-auth/
My ISP gives me a static IP address, so I don't bother with DynDNS and have a real DNS entry.
But for most people, logmein is a simpler solution