Howard,
Kudos for updating us with the solution that worked.
I'd hate to imagine some poor schmuck running across this thread in
the future, but instead, it ends with "Nevermind- I solved it!"
And as always, thanks to everyone who chimed in with suggestions.
Thanks,
-Jonathan (frequently that schmuck)
On Fri, Jan 17, 2020 at 3:49 PM Howard White <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Quick feedback as to what was discovered with Michael this morning
> regarding RDP and Remmina. We took a three step approach to the situation:
>
> Make Windows to Windows work
> Make linux Remmina to Windows work
> Add a VPN link
>
> The instructions from M$ on how to address the Windows RDP target are a
> bit confusing. They try to introduce some crazy naming stuff into the
> equation. Just connect to the IP address and enter the user name as it
> is on the local login screen. At least today, domain didn't matter; we
> left it blank.
>
> The other less than intuitive item was "quick connect" in Remmina; as in
> it doesn't work. Bug reports exist and so on. Get to the proper
> configuration screen and set up a named connection and it works.
>
> I was caught a bit flat-footed by the fact that Remmina has had upgrades
> since Ubuntu 16.04. That took some time to navigate.
>
> Hope that expands our knowledge base.
>
> Howard
>
> On 1/16/20 9:03 PM, Adam Hudson wrote:
> > I've used Remmina to connect from my Debian based machines to my Windows
> > machines at home. However, the Win10 machines I have are Windows 10
> > Pro, and I do not believe you can use RDP to connect to a machine
> > running Windows 10 Home. If you are able to go into the Windows 10 pro
> > machine and get into the Control Panel, then allow remote access from
> > within and disable NLA, you should then be able to remote into the
> > Windows 10 pro machine using its IP address if they are both on the same
> > LAN. Note: you will need to use a user account that has remote access.
> > You can set this up in Computer Management, select Users & Groups, then Qu
> > add the account you want to use in the "Remote Desktop Users" group.
> >
> > I hope that helps. If it's the case that I misunderstood your question,
> > or if I've got the right direction but need to clarify something, feel
> > free to let me know and I'll be happy to help if I can.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Adam H.
> >
> >
> > On Thu, Jan 16, 2020, 2:09 PM Michael L <[email protected]
> > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
> >
> > I better go ahead and ask if anyone has used Remmina or FreeRDP or
> > other program to remote connect from Linux / Ubuntu (in this case
> > Kubuntu) to a Win10pc.
> >
> > I'm testing trying to get this to work from my Ubuntu laptop (on
> > location via LAN) first before going to remote site.
> >
> > OR- can / should I virtualize said Win10pc to run it on Linux and
> > remote connect Linux to Linux?
> >
> > I'd pay for someone to do it if you can. It would keep me from
> > having to set up Windows machine, which is the last thing I want to do.
> > Thanks
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