Nice find, but with so many possibilities, not sure where to go. VNC (and now Thin VNC), TeamViewer, TSWeb, etc. Trial and error to see which works best for me I guess.
Anonymous
12 years ago
Thanks, works great!
Deepak
11 years ago
Thanks a lot man.
It really Helped.
🙂
ubuntu newbie
11 years ago
i tried this and it did not work
Ali
11 years ago
I just tried the above to connect to win7 laptop from my ubuntu desktop, but it does not work! The IP addresses you have used in this tutorial are the internal IPs right?
Shahab
11 years ago
thx 🙂
Echo
11 years ago
echo “I loved this article :)”
shahuraj
10 years ago
Thank you very very very much…..
Andrey
10 years ago
Unable to connect to RDP server
Why? I want to see the details
Miles
10 years ago
How are we supposed to know what the “User Name” is? It looks like you’re typing an email address to me. And how do you go about obtaining an IP address? I’m aware of “ipconfig”, but I don’t know which address is the one Remmina is looking for.
I am typing an email address because, for this tutorial, I connected to a Windows 8 PC that used a Microsoft account. The username should be the username you use to log in to that Windows PC.
Also, ipconfig returns the IP address of the Windows PC you are trying to connect to. Use the address returned by this command for the PC you want to connect to.
You could use a more constructive attitude and share more details. Why is krdc better? Where can one find krdc? How does it work?
P. Stine
9 years ago
Any other choices besides Remmina as a client?
Geir Wathne
9 years ago
Hi everyone:-)
I’ve tried both clients with no luck. I cant see the server. The PC i want to connect to is located as 192.168.0.1 on a router that is wired to the main router where i’m connected via wifi. it’s inside LAN but i can’t find it?
Any ideas about how to fix that?
The PC is on a “different” LAN and hence shouldn’t be open to access via main router’s LAN.
Open the port for the PC, “on the router” it connects to, and give access permissions to that PC (enabling access to that PC from outside the LAN). Now from your client machine, use the address:port like, for example, 66.151.189.213:45123 and user_credentials to RDP into the PC
neetu gokhe
9 years ago
thanks its really very helpful
nguyen
9 years ago
If you cannot connect to RDp server form ubuntu to windows7, maybe you need change a setting in windows7
Remote Settings –> remote –> Allow connection from computers running any version of Remote Desktop (less secure)
Thank you for the OP of this article, it helped and now I’m using a new app for lubuntu box.
Thx from, Canada he!
Tom Liotta
9 years ago
At first, didn’t work in Mint 17.1 (64-bit). Ran across a comment saying the “RDP plugin” had to be installed first; so I uninstalled it all, installed the RDP plugin and it worked immediately. Simply installing the plugin caused everything else needed to install, apparently in the proper order. Works great now.
Mega Byte
9 years ago
I am getting this error while connecting my Windows 7 laptop,
“unable to connect to rdp server”
also in my laptop it is not finding my ubuntu machine, all are in same LAN
Maciej
8 years ago
RDP plugin is separate for Remmina. Search Remmina in Software Manager and download plugin, then you need to restart the computer for plugin to take effect. Then open Remmina and RDP should now be a connection option.
Padhmakumar P K
8 years ago
Thanks its working. But the certificate mentioned is not received and the profile is not getting saved in the client. So every time I have to edit the connection profile..
cmcanulty
8 years ago
I am trying to connect with remmina on rdp. I can connect with vnc but that is insecure. I am going from xubuntu 14.04 over wan to a specific windows 7 computers. I have access to all routers and computer settings. I don’t see a way to set a specific port in windows 7 for remmina. I have several to do. Open ssh is installed on all but can’t ssh either.
Ben
8 years ago
Thanks, this really helped me out.
Sandeep Kumar
8 years ago
You have explained brilliantly, but i have faced a issue regarding RDP server Connection. how can i solve it?
Richard Vance
8 years ago
Thanks you. This helped me out immensely. There are so many tips on connecting to the Ubuntu servers and so few on connecting to an Azure WIN server!
It turned out that I already had the REMMINA app on by Ubuntu box and didnt’t know it.
There was angst at first as I followed the instructions and could get no connection even though I had no problem connecting from a WIN7 box. Sane URL, etc.
The thing to do is open the .rdp file that the Azure portal provides. Download that then rename it as a .txt file and open it with a text editor. In my case it provided the URL with a specific port.
“full address:s:xxxxxxx.yyyyy.net:63716
prompt for credentials:i:1”
The x and y are my edits for privacy..
So for the address I entered
xxxxxxx.yyyyy.net:63716
Then the biggie that made it connect was leaving the username and password blank since the .RDP file had a
prompt for credentials:i:1
I placed the domain name into the REMMINA box whilst leaving username and password blank.
BAM! I got a hit with a credentials box to enter username and password then a big Azure WIN server box popped right up.
Thanks again.
Richard
Allwin
8 years ago
Thanks, This works great.
Leaf Dude
6 years ago
To solve this problem, I reinstalled with the latest Remmina client (with all it’s dependencies). See this URL and follow the steps: https://github.com/FreeRDP/Remmina/wiki
zixuan
6 years ago
I have an error “Unable to connect to RDP server 192.168.0.6”.
Installing proprietary software on both systems is more straight forward?
Carlo
4 years ago
How ti do if the firewall of the LAN where Is connceted the server requier an authentication certificate? I got it, how to install It in the xubuntu client?
Dipali Matkar
4 years ago
Good article. Additionally, you can also easily connect to a Windows PC from Ubuntu using tools like on premise R-HUB remote support servers. It works on all platforms.
Dawood
4 years ago
That was really helpful
Paulo Santos
4 years ago
I use Check Point’s Linux SNX to connect to my enterprises VPN and then Remmina to access my WIndows 10 workstation. It works fine.
Usman
4 years ago
It worked like a charm. Thanks
Hafiz Adnan
4 years ago
yes it works flawlessly, thank you for your help
Joe Cocovich
4 years ago
“Unable to connect to RDP Server”
JJP
4 years ago
Thanks! It worked for me to remote into my computer at work. Only thing I do not like, is I cannot use multiple screens like I can in Windows Remote Desktop. I will need to find another application to remote in. With Windows RD, I am able to use my laptop screen as well as two additional external screens. Each screen showing their own content. Do you have any suggestions for Linux apps that can do this?
Uģis
4 years ago
Any chances to get RD gateway setings in client?
Ivan
3 years ago
Thanks
This article helped me connect in no time at all.
I used DYNU to configure dynamic IP address.
@chiwanja
3 years ago
This worked great, thanks 😉
Abdifatah Ciilka
3 years ago
Thanks for give me Quick Guide for Ubuntu Remote to Window OS
Scott
2 years ago
Yeah, it works, but to be brutally honest, it’s not really worth the effort, control’s are counter intuitive, icons with no indication of what they do, and an oh so ugly interface and the display rendering almost unreadable. It’s back to Windows for me.
arnab
11 months ago
I was able to connect to my office pc over cisco anyconnect vpn and RDPL (Remmina Remote Desktop Client)
You can use ThinVNC. Here is an article which explains how to do that.
http://hugo-sanoguera.blogspot.com/2010/11/now-i-can-forget-about-logmein.html
Regards,
Hugo
Nice find, but with so many possibilities, not sure where to go. VNC (and now Thin VNC), TeamViewer, TSWeb, etc. Trial and error to see which works best for me I guess.
Thanks, works great!
Thanks a lot man.
It really Helped.
🙂
i tried this and it did not work
I just tried the above to connect to win7 laptop from my ubuntu desktop, but it does not work! The IP addresses you have used in this tutorial are the internal IPs right?
thx 🙂
echo “I loved this article :)”
Thank you very very very much…..
Unable to connect to RDP server
Why? I want to see the details
How are we supposed to know what the “User Name” is? It looks like you’re typing an email address to me. And how do you go about obtaining an IP address? I’m aware of “ipconfig”, but I don’t know which address is the one Remmina is looking for.
I am typing an email address because, for this tutorial, I connected to a Windows 8 PC that used a Microsoft account. The username should be the username you use to log in to that Windows PC.
Also, ipconfig returns the IP address of the Windows PC you are trying to connect to. Use the address returned by this command for the PC you want to connect to.
did you turn on the allowance of remote desktop on your win8 pc.
Maybe this has changed… I need to additionally install the RDP plugin for Remmina. Else Remmina will only support ssh connections. Thanks!
Remmina sucks. krdc blows Remmina out of the water. Highly recommend krdc. Oh, and your comment captcha sucks, too.
If everything sucks, why bother commenting?
You could use a more constructive attitude and share more details. Why is krdc better? Where can one find krdc? How does it work?
Any other choices besides Remmina as a client?
Hi everyone:-)
I’ve tried both clients with no luck. I cant see the server. The PC i want to connect to is located as 192.168.0.1 on a router that is wired to the main router where i’m connected via wifi. it’s inside LAN but i can’t find it?
Any ideas about how to fix that?
The PC is on a “different” LAN and hence shouldn’t be open to access via main router’s LAN.
Open the port for the PC, “on the router” it connects to, and give access permissions to that PC (enabling access to that PC from outside the LAN). Now from your client machine, use the address:port like, for example, 66.151.189.213:45123 and user_credentials to RDP into the PC
thanks its really very helpful
If you cannot connect to RDp server form ubuntu to windows7, maybe you need change a setting in windows7
Remote Settings –> remote –> Allow connection from computers running any version of Remote Desktop (less secure)
Thanks for the article, really helped.
I tried but i got poor color quality
I managed to fix it , thanx for the post
that really works…tnx
Thanks.
that is worked.
Thank you for the OP of this article, it helped and now I’m using a new app for lubuntu box.
Thx from, Canada he!
At first, didn’t work in Mint 17.1 (64-bit). Ran across a comment saying the “RDP plugin” had to be installed first; so I uninstalled it all, installed the RDP plugin and it worked immediately. Simply installing the plugin caused everything else needed to install, apparently in the proper order. Works great now.
I am getting this error while connecting my Windows 7 laptop,
“unable to connect to rdp server”
also in my laptop it is not finding my ubuntu machine, all are in same LAN
RDP plugin is separate for Remmina. Search Remmina in Software Manager and download plugin, then you need to restart the computer for plugin to take effect. Then open Remmina and RDP should now be a connection option.
Thanks its working. But the certificate mentioned is not received and the profile is not getting saved in the client. So every time I have to edit the connection profile..
I am trying to connect with remmina on rdp. I can connect with vnc but that is insecure. I am going from xubuntu 14.04 over wan to a specific windows 7 computers. I have access to all routers and computer settings. I don’t see a way to set a specific port in windows 7 for remmina. I have several to do. Open ssh is installed on all but can’t ssh either.
Thanks, this really helped me out.
You have explained brilliantly, but i have faced a issue regarding RDP server Connection. how can i solve it?
Thanks you. This helped me out immensely. There are so many tips on connecting to the Ubuntu servers and so few on connecting to an Azure WIN server!
It turned out that I already had the REMMINA app on by Ubuntu box and didnt’t know it.
There was angst at first as I followed the instructions and could get no connection even though I had no problem connecting from a WIN7 box. Sane URL, etc.
The thing to do is open the .rdp file that the Azure portal provides. Download that then rename it as a .txt file and open it with a text editor. In my case it provided the URL with a specific port.
“full address:s:xxxxxxx.yyyyy.net:63716
prompt for credentials:i:1”
The x and y are my edits for privacy..
So for the address I entered
xxxxxxx.yyyyy.net:63716
Then the biggie that made it connect was leaving the username and password blank since the .RDP file had a
prompt for credentials:i:1
I placed the domain name into the REMMINA box whilst leaving username and password blank.
BAM! I got a hit with a credentials box to enter username and password then a big Azure WIN server box popped right up.
Thanks again.
Richard
Thanks, This works great.
To solve this problem, I reinstalled with the latest Remmina client (with all it’s dependencies). See this URL and follow the steps: https://github.com/FreeRDP/Remmina/wiki
I have an error “Unable to connect to RDP server 192.168.0.6”.
Thanx Bro.
You are welcome. 😉
Really helpful! Thanks!
Why don’t you use NoMachine? Much more straightforward.
Installing proprietary software on both systems is more straight forward?
How ti do if the firewall of the LAN where Is connceted the server requier an authentication certificate? I got it, how to install It in the xubuntu client?
Good article. Additionally, you can also easily connect to a Windows PC from Ubuntu using tools like on premise R-HUB remote support servers. It works on all platforms.
That was really helpful
I use Check Point’s Linux SNX to connect to my enterprises VPN and then Remmina to access my WIndows 10 workstation. It works fine.
It worked like a charm. Thanks
yes it works flawlessly, thank you for your help
“Unable to connect to RDP Server”
Thanks! It worked for me to remote into my computer at work. Only thing I do not like, is I cannot use multiple screens like I can in Windows Remote Desktop. I will need to find another application to remote in. With Windows RD, I am able to use my laptop screen as well as two additional external screens. Each screen showing their own content. Do you have any suggestions for Linux apps that can do this?
Any chances to get RD gateway setings in client?
Thanks
This article helped me connect in no time at all.
I used DYNU to configure dynamic IP address.
This worked great, thanks 😉
Thanks for give me Quick Guide for Ubuntu Remote to Window OS
Yeah, it works, but to be brutally honest, it’s not really worth the effort, control’s are counter intuitive, icons with no indication of what they do, and an oh so ugly interface and the display rendering almost unreadable. It’s back to Windows for me.
I was able to connect to my office pc over cisco anyconnect vpn and RDPL (Remmina Remote Desktop Client)