Connect: Remote Desktop (Rdp) - Tripp Lite B092-016 Owner's Manual

Chapter 16: Thin Client

16.1.6 Connect: Remote Desktop (RDP)

• Select Connect: RDP on the control panel and click on the Windows computer to be accessed
• The rdesktop program in your B092-016 will be started, an RDP connection to the Remote Desktop server in the selected
computer will be opened, the rdesktop window will appear on your B092-016 screen and you will be prompted for a
password. (If the selected computer does not have RDP access enabled, then the rdesktop window will not appear.)
You can use Add/Delete/Edit to customize the rdesktop client (e.g. to include login username passwords). The command line
protocol is:
rdesktop -u windows-user-id -p windows-password -g 1200x950 ms-windows-terminal-server-host-name
option Description
-a Color depth: 8, 16, 24
-r Device redirection. i.e. Redirect sound on remote machine to local device i.e. -0 -r sound (MS/Windows 2003)
-g Geometry: widthxheight or 70% screen percentage.
-p Use -p - to receive password prompt.
Further information on rdesktop can be found at http://www.rdesktop.org/
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