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  1. arnab
    arnab

    I was able to connect to my office pc over cisco anyconnect vpn and RDPL (Remmina Remote Desktop Client)

  2. Scott
    Scott

    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.

  3. Abdifatah Ciilka
    Abdifatah Ciilka

    Thanks for give me Quick Guide for Ubuntu Remote to Window OS

  4. @chiwanja
    @chiwanja

    This worked great, thanks 😉

  5. Ivan
    Ivan

    Thanks
    This article helped me connect in no time at all.
    I used DYNU to configure dynamic IP address.

  6. UÄ£is
    UÄ£is

    Any chances to get RD gateway setings in client?

  7. JJP
    JJP

    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?

  8. Joe Cocovich
    Joe Cocovich

    “Unable to connect to RDP Server”

  9. Hafiz Adnan
    Hafiz Adnan

    yes it works flawlessly, thank you for your help

  10. Usman
    Usman

    It worked like a charm. Thanks

  11. Paulo Santos
    Paulo Santos

    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.

  12. Dawood
    Dawood

    That was really helpful

  13. Dipali Matkar
    Dipali Matkar

    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.

  14. Carlo
    Carlo

    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?

  15. Rich Brake
    Rich Brake

    Why don’t you use NoMachine? Much more straightforward.

    1. Kasper Rylander-Hansen
      Kasper Rylander-Hansen

      Installing proprietary software on both systems is more straight forward?

  16. Peter
    Peter

    Really helpful! Thanks!

  17. Uttam Prakash Manher
    Uttam Prakash Manher

    Thanx Bro.

    1. Anonymous
      Anonymous

      You are welcome. 😉

  18. zixuan
    zixuan

    I have an error “Unable to connect to RDP server 192.168.0.6”.

  19. Leaf Dude
    Leaf Dude

    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

  20. Allwin
    Allwin

    Thanks, This works great.

  21. Richard Vance
    Richard Vance

    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

  22. Sandeep Kumar
    Sandeep Kumar

    You have explained brilliantly, but i have faced a issue regarding RDP server Connection. how can i solve it?

  23. Ben
    Ben

    Thanks, this really helped me out.

  24. cmcanulty
    cmcanulty

    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.

  25. Padhmakumar P K
    Padhmakumar P K

    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..

  26. Maciej
    Maciej

    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.

  27. Mega Byte
    Mega Byte

    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

  28. Tom Liotta
    Tom Liotta

    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.

  29. the moose
    the moose

    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!

  30. Atit Sasono
    Atit Sasono

    Thanks.
    that is worked.

  31. Muluken Sholaye
    Muluken Sholaye

    that really works…tnx

  32. mape
    mape

    I tried but i got poor color quality

    1. mape
      mape

      I managed to fix it , thanx for the post

  33. Muriagoro
    Muriagoro

    Thanks for the article, really helped.

  34. nguyen
    nguyen

    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)

  35. neetu gokhe
    neetu gokhe

    thanks its really very helpful

  36. Geir Wathne
    Geir Wathne

    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?

    1. Shetty
      Shetty

      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

  37. P. Stine
    P. Stine

    Any other choices besides Remmina as a client?

  38. humberto
    humberto

    Remmina sucks. krdc blows Remmina out of the water. Highly recommend krdc. Oh, and your comment captcha sucks, too.

    1. Ciprian Adrian Rusen
      Ciprian Adrian Rusen

      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?

  39. Simon Wenger
    Simon Wenger

    Maybe this has changed… I need to additionally install the RDP plugin for Remmina. Else Remmina will only support ssh connections. Thanks!

  40. Miles
    Miles

    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.

    1. Ciprian Adrian Rusen
      Ciprian Adrian Rusen

      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.

      1. EeveePotter
        EeveePotter

        did you turn on the allowance of remote desktop on your win8 pc.

  41. Andrey
    Andrey

    Unable to connect to RDP server
    Why? I want to see the details

  42. shahuraj
    shahuraj

    Thank you very very very much…..

  43. Echo
    Echo

    echo “I loved this article :)”

  44. Shahab
    Shahab

    thx 🙂

  45. Ali
    Ali

    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?

  46. ubuntu newbie
    ubuntu newbie

    i tried this and it did not work

  47. Deepak
    Deepak

    Thanks a lot man.
    It really Helped.
    🙂

  48. Anonymous
    Anonymous

    Thanks, works great!

  49. jasray
    jasray

    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.