rdesktop connected to a Windows NT 4.0 Terminal Server Edition host | |
Developer(s) | rdesktop team |
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Initial release | April 4, 2001; 18 years ago |
Stable release | |
Repository | |
Operating system | Unix-like Microsoft Windows[1](unofficial) |
Type | Microsoft Remote Desktop Services client |
License | GPL |
Website | www.rdesktop.org |
This is a fritzbox port forwarding vpn rdp modal window. Serial Port Redirector is a software that provides access to remote serial devices over TCP/IP network. However, when I use remote desktop to get into the server that is hosting the software to test it, the device is not discovered in device manager.When remoting in, I've gone under local resources and checked the box for ports to be shared. You could use a serial port redirector. But does serial redirection so it works with the software.
rdesktop is an implementation of a client software for Microsoft's proprietaryRemote Desktop Protocol (RDP). Rdesktop is free and open-source software, subject to the requirements of the GNU General Public License (GPL), version 3 and is available for Linux and BSD as well as for Microsoft Windows.
As of August 2013, rdesktop implements a large subset of the RDP 5 protocol, including:
- Bitmap caching
- File system, audio, serial port and printer port redirection
- Mappings for most international keyboards
- Stream compression and encryption
- Automatic authentication
- Smartcard support
- RemoteApp like support called 'seamless' mode via SeamlessRDP
Unlike Remote Desktop Connection in modern versions of Windows, rdesktop still supports the older RDP 4.0 protocol used by Windows NT 4.0 Terminal Server Edition and Windows 2000 Server.
Still unimplemented are:
- Client redirection upon reconnect (of disconnected session)[2]
- Remote Assistance requests
- USB device redirection
Support for the additional features available in RDP 5.1 and RDP 6 (including multi-head display spanning, window composition and console connection) have not yet been implemented, although some have been officially documented on MSDN.[3]
Use[edit]
Rdesktop is commonly used on desktop ReactOS and Linux installations to connect to Microsoft Windows running Remote Desktop Services. There are many GUI clients, like tsclient, Gnome-RDP and KDE Remote Desktop Connection (KRDC), which are graphical front-ends to rdesktop. The program has also been integrated into several thin client Linux distributions like Thinstation and the PC TSC project, as well as some thin client appliances.
See also[edit]
- FreeRDP – a fork of rdesktop that is further developed under the Apache License
- xrdp – an implementation of a server software for RDP
References[edit]
- ^windows build
- ^http://forums.sun.com/thread.jspa?threadID=5398718
- ^See for example, [1], [2], [3] some documents of RDP 6.0
External links[edit]
![Rdp Serial Port Redirection Software Rdp Serial Port Redirection Software](http://i1-win.softpedia-static.com/screenshots/USB-Redirector-TS-Edition_1.png)
![Free virtual serial port over ethernet Free virtual serial port over ethernet](http://www.serial-port-redirector.com/img/products/sprrdp/sprrdp-scr-devmgmt.png)
- KRDC - KDE Remote Desktop Connection
- Gnome-RDP - GNOME front-end for rdesktop
- xrdp - RDP server for Unix, based on rdesktop
- CoRD - A native Cocoa interface for the OS X port of rdesktop.
- properJavaRDP - rdesktop-based Free Java Remote Desktop Connection Client
- Rdesktop-Win32 - Win32 build of rdesktop
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