21-08-2003 20:00									#1
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How do I get this to work?

I've got a network with about 6 computers running on it, and I want to use RDC to connect to mine (running XP Pro) and my mum's (running 98) from our spanking new one (also running XP Pro). Now, RDC is, AFAIK, already setup on both the XP machines, and I'm aware of how to install it on 98 (I'm guessing you use the option on the XP CD, under "Additional Tasks" to do it). However, having tried it out beforehand, I noticed that it comes up with the same error every time I try to make a connection - "The domain/workgroup does not contain any Terminal servers".

How do I go about making one of my computers a "Terminal server", so I can get this all sorted out?

	21-08-2003 21:25									#2
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You pay $$$ for Terminal Server, see?

	21-08-2003 21:35									#3
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I've only tried this on XP => XP

Have you maked sure your remote computers are set to accept RDCs? And I think you should also set the new computer to be able to send RDCs

You can do this in System properties (in WinXP)

	21-08-2003 21:38									#4
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Btw, you have to make sure you select a user in system properties for the remote computer... And this user has to use a PW to login to Windows (You can't use a user who doesn't have any PW)

Hope this helps

	21-08-2003 21:54									#5
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$ ssh -X user@host

(yeah, I know, this joke is getting a bit old...)

	22-08-2003 00:11									#6
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to Ari.

	22-08-2003 08:08									#7
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That's not "remote" if the Wintel box is on the LAN. LAN, well, is local, right?

	22-08-2003 08:10									#8
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Local in this sense implies the computer you're on.

Yay for common sense.

*psst* DirectX thread...

	22-08-2003 08:13									#9
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Paul,

You can use VNC Server on all of your platforms. You can then either access the remote machines through the VNC viewer or through a web browser:

http://www.uk.research.att.com/vnc/index.html


And if you aren't going to help him be quiet Linux Geeks.

	22-08-2003 11:17									#10
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Imagine what this forum would be like if there was a "don't post if you can't help" rule....

	22-08-2003 14:13									#11
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Thanks Ted.

	22-08-2003 14:18									#12
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quote: Originally posted by Asher Local in this sense implies the computer you're on. Yay for common sense.

Something that you lack.

	22-08-2003 15:33									#13
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quote: Originally posted by Urban Ranger That's not "remote" if the Wintel box is on the LAN. LAN, well, is local, right?

Look at it this way (this example is *nix-centric, sorry - I don't know enough about the Windows architecture to express it in the terms of that OS): X11 clients' connections to the server go, in most normal cases, through UNIX domain sockets (*) if the server and the client are running on the same machine, and through the TCP/IP stack if they aren't. So there's clearly a difference, and it makes sense to call the first case "local" and the second "remote". More to the point, as long as there are no firewalls or unreliable connections between the client and the server, applications don't see any difference between a LAN and any different sort of connection. Well, bandwidth and latencies might change, but all that affects on the application level is how long your read()s block.

(*) in other words, memcpy()

	22-08-2003 18:17									#14
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quote: Originally posted by Urban Ranger Something that you lack.