Configure The Remote Desktop Connection Client - Tripp Lite B092-016 Owner's Manual

Chapter 6: Secure SSH Tunneling & SDT Connector
• To set the user(s) who can remotely access the system with RDP , click Add on the Remote Desktop Users dialog box
Note: If you need to set up new users for Remote Desktop access, open User Accounts in the Control Panel and proceed
through the steps to nominate the new user's name, password and account type (Administrator or Limited)
Note: With Windows XP Professional and Vista, you have only one Remote Desktop session and it connects directly to the
Windows root console. With Windows Server 2008 you can have multiple sessions, and with Server 2003 you have three
sessions (the console session and two other general sessions). Therefore, more than one user can have an active session on
a single computer.
When the remote user connects to the accessed computer on the console session, Remote Desktop automatically locks that
computer (so no other user can access the applications and files). When you come back to the computer, you can unlock it by
typing CTRL+ALT+DEL.
6.8.2

Configure the Remote Desktop Connection client

Now that you have the Client computer securely connected to the Console Server (either locally, or remotely, thru the
enterprise VPN, or a secure SSH internet tunnel or a dial-in SSH tunnel), you are ready to establish the Remote Desktop
connection from the Client. To do this you simply enable the Remote Desktop Connection on the remote client computer then
point it to the SDT Secure Tunnel port in the Console Server:
A. On a Windows client computer
• Click Start. Point to Programs, then to Accessories, then Communications, and click Remote Desktop Connection
• In Computer, enter the appropriate IP Address and Port Number:
o Where there is a direct local or enterprise VPN connection, enter the IP Address of the Console Server, and
the Port Number of the SDT Secure Tunnel for the Console Server's serial port (the one that is attached to the
Windows computer to be controlled). For example, if the Windows computer is connected to serial Port 3 on a
Console Server located at 192.168.0.50 then you would enter 192.168.0.50:7303.
o Where there is an SSH tunnel (over a dial-up PPP connection or over a public internet connection or private
network connection), simply enter the localhost as the IP address, i.e. 127.0.0.1. For Port Number, enter the
source port you created when setting SSH tunneling/port forwarding (in Section 6.1.6) e.g.:1234.
• Click Option. In the Display section, specify an appropriate color depth (e.g. for a modem connection it is recommended
you not use over 256 colors). In Local Resources, specify the peripherals on the remote Windows computer that are to
be controlled (printer, serial port, etc.)
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