[Solved] VRDP (Remote Desktop) Help

[gjivan72]

Final Edit and Solution:

1.

VRDP uses the host IP address and then the port to connect to the guest.

You would need different ports on both guests 3390 and 3391 would do. These are set in the settings of the guest.
Say the host IP is 192.168.1.10 then you would use 192.168.1.10:3390 for one and 192.168.1.10:3391 for the other.

Ip is the HOST MACHINE

2. If host is windows don't use 3389 USE A DIFFERENT PORT

3. Enable Port FOWARDING with ROUTER

4. UBUNTU- If using this as a Remote Desktop Client use rdesktop through terminal. I had problems using Remote Desktop Connection GUI through Applications.

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Hey,

I currently have VirtualBox(3.0.4) running on Windows XP SP3. I have two virtual machines (Knoppix and Ubuntu [Linux] ). I am trying to get remote desktop working. Currently both display settings have:

Port=3390 (I tried the default 3389 but thought maybe there was a problem with that)
Auth= NULL
Auth Timeout= 0

NAT:
First I tried default NAT settings. I got an ip address 10.0.2.15 or something and tried entering that into Windows Remote Desktop Connection application. I did this on the same machine WinXP Sp3. That Failed Saying the computer could not connect. I also have a laptop(Connected by Ethernet) which currently has Ubuntu and tried it with rdesktop and that was unable to connect.

Bridged:
Than I changed the networking settings to bridged. I got the ip address 192.168.1.XXX. I also have a router so I opened up port 3390. I than tried pinging it from my laptop and was able to. However, I was still unable to use any form of remote desktop.

I am still working on it .. any suggestions? Please post if you need more information.


EDIT 1: Just turned it back to NAT and did localhost:3390 and it worked that was on the host machine WindXP sp3. Now what IP would i use on my laptop which is on the same network connected to the router? I also opened up localhost:3390 on the router. I tried the localhost Ip and it did not work any suggestions? I used the port also.

[Perryg]

VRDP uses the host IP address and then the port to connect to the guest.

You would need different ports on both guests 3390 and 3391 would do. These are set in the settings of the guest.
Say the host IP is 192.168.1.10 then you would use 192.168.1.10:3390 for one and 192.168.1.10:3391 for the other.

[gjivan72]

Hey,

I just did that and opened the ports. Now when I try Remote Desktop on a different computer on the same network it does not work. Any suggestions? I am using Ubuntu. Thanks

[Perryg]

Firewall?

[gjivan72]

I figured out two things.

1. Using the GUI remote desktop connection did not work on UBUNTU. I had to use rdesktop through the terminal I might need to mess with the settings but rdesktop worked on the first try.
2. For some reason using the local address did not work i used my really ip address and created a dynamic dns with my ip and it work.

THANKS FOR YOUR HELP