Comments on: Windows Mobile: Remote Desktop Client

By: Matthew Lee

Matthew Lee — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 17:22:42 +0000

Andrew might be fighting with a wireless adapter that refuses to use the wireless client built into Windows and uses their own software. That software relies on profiles that exist per user. I had a similar difficulty with the Airlink 300N stuff. It helped to go into each user and make the same profiles, but I still found my self with that computer disconnected and no way to reach it until I got home.
It ran fine for a couple years on a dlink g adapter (albiet a bit slower)

By: Chris Duckworth

Chris Duckworth — Tue, 27 May 2008 07:38:30 +0000

Kyle, there is a Terminal services client for Windows mobile, but it was released well before this(many years) and it is lacking in lots of features. Is the locking up the network timing out? Are you able to use it on a local network?
It may be best to try using VNC or another alternative remote desktop solution.

By: Kyle

Kyle — Tue, 27 May 2008 01:53:42 +0000

I download the “WM6 RDP-Finster.zip” and installed it on my new Moto Q 9h. I can’t seem to get it to work. It just locks up.

Is there another version that I should try?

By: bakalula

bakalula — Sat, 03 May 2008 21:07:26 +0000

I’ve tried to connect to my notebook, but without success. I receive message 1. the remote computer is not set up for this. 2. reached maximum number of connections. 3. a network error occurred while connecting.

On win xp I selected remote allow users to connect remotely. Does anybody has some advice.

I’m using tytn 2, wm6.

By: Chris Duckworth

Chris Duckworth — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 07:11:37 +0000

Hey Andrew, you may want to look into address reservation if your router offers it. You can set each computer to have the same IP all he time with this. Or you could static IP each of your computers. This will mean that you don’t find the wrong computer come up if you turn them on in a different order to last time.

RDP port is 3389. I strongly suggest signing up to DynDNS. It will make your life much easier.

By: Andrew

Andrew — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 15:04:59 +0000

Hey Chris, now that I look at what I wrote, it does look confusing. The desktop does log out, that is correct. I think the problem is that the desktop connects to the LAN wirelessly, therefore, when I connect to it via the PPC remotely, it automatically logs out AND disconnects from the network, no longer keeping the IP address that I am trying to connect to. I tried to plug in the host’s network adapter directly to the router and I didn’t have this problem. It kept the original local IP address while plugged in directly and I was able to connect remotely. Now I am going to play with port forwarding. Do you know anything about what port remote connections use or which ports I should forward to my pc from the router? I tried the standard “Telnet” service in my router which uses port 23 but it didn’t seem to work.

By: Chris Duckworth

Chris Duckworth — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 04:12:37 +0000

Hi Andrew. I am finding it a bit hard to follow, but I will try to help.

I think it is working correctly. When you connect with your ppc to your desktop, the desktop will log out. It will remain logged out until you log back in. This will disconnect your device. The username should be the same on both.

To access it from another network, you will need to do some port forwarding on your router. The address your type into your device then, will be your routers(ISP) IP address, instead of a local network address.

Let me know if this answers your questions or if I am way off track. I am happy to elaborate on any points.

By: Andrew

Andrew — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 06:33:03 +0000

I don’t know if anyone still reads these posts, but I ran across this because I am trying to connect a WM6 PPC to a Vista Ultimate PC. At the moment, both are running of the same wireless LAN (no port forwarding, just using local IPs), with the intent of moving to port forwarding if I get this to work. I am a bit confused with the setup of Remote Desktop on the host pc with the “Locations” and with the “Object Name.” Here’s what I got without making any setup changes except allowing remote connections: on the ppc I enter the local IP address of the host pc, I enter the local user name and password, I connect, the ppc displays the logon screen that shows vista loading, at this same time the host pc logs off whatever user it may be logged onto. I tried setting up another user account with administrative privelages, I tried adding names to the remote desktop settings, I tried to see if there were other location options (nope) in remote desktop. The problem lies in the “Connect” because as soon as I connect as the local user, it goes to logon screen saying user is logged on but disconnects the host pc from the lan so therefore the host’s IP is no longer what it used to be and the connection is halted there. Should I be connecting as another user, maybe some type of remote user that I don’t know about?

By: Inspect My Gadget

Inspect My Gadget — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 22:21:37 +0000

Having the home version limits you as it is not available to home users. There is no problem using edge from a technical point of view. It’s just the cost of getting that much data down. Ensure your mobile plan will absorb the cost. You might have to head the VNC option.

By: Tom

Tom — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 19:30:20 +0000

The remote computer I need to acces is at home. It has XP Home edition. Will that work? Do I just hit the Remote Assitance checkmark?

On the Pocket PC side, I’d like to use this over an EDGE internet service provided by my carrier (Verizon). Has anyone trired it with EDGE?

I don’t know anything about VPN’s or port forwarding. Anybody have instructions on how to set things up in that regard?

Thanks in advance for any help