I am a university student and have a PC at home, it is where I do the bulk of my workloads. When I am at university there are occasions when I need to use access and edit matlab files or access my text editor and compiler.
Microsoft RDP works great when I am elsewhere in my house and need to do the above.
Can anyone help me understand how can i remotely access my home network on my IPad Pro so I can therefore be able to use the RDP.
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For me simplest way is to just use other remote desktop software, I usually use Chrome Remote Desktop. Setup the host computer (https://remotedesktop.google.com), then download the client on your iPad. Easy.
If you require RDP, I would use ZeroTier (zerotier.com) service, it basically creates a “virtual LAN” over the internet using VPN. Connect your devices (host+client) using the VPN profile it provides then use RDP normally. I understand the best way is to host your own VPN, but I’m not knowledgeable enough to do that. ZeroTier works with minimal setup.
Okay, in my book you have two main options.
Port forward the RDP port on your router to your PC. If you don’t have a static IP, set up a DDNS account with NOIP (or similar service) and configure that on your router. Now you can use that domain and the forwarded port to connect with your RDP client.
set up a VPN server in your house. I use raspberry pi. This will involve port forwarding The VPN port and potentially setting up DDNS too. Configure the iPad to connect to your VPN. Then you can tunnel into your home network and use the PCs local IP to connect. In my opinion this is the best way for stability and security.
Many home routers will have a VPN server.
Why don’t you just use AnyDesk? It’s ja free solution which does not use a lot of resources. You can easily connect to your pc instantly, even from your phone via mobile data. And it’s less laggy than RDP
cheers I will give a go at creating my own VPN, but will definitely use zero tier if all else fails. Cheers
Do not ever forward RDP on a firewall, it’s a major security risk.
Thank you very much, the VPN options seems the most viable for me. Could it possibly do it with an Arduino over a raspberry pi? And could i use Ipad Os’s native vpn in settings to connect or would I need a 3rd party app
Hamachi is also another option if you have a Linux server
It has a windows version, but it specifically disables when the computer is locked to prevent using it for RDP to the same computer
I have zero Arduino experience. Can you run Debian linux on it? I’ve used an .ovpn compatible client app in the past just so I can airdrop my config file in from my Mac (convenient), not sure about the inbuilt VPN for ipad actually. The package I’ve been running is PiVPN but there are lots of VPN server packages for linux out there I believe. You could even run a VPN server on your PC (or in VM on the PC if you can get the networking right) but I prefer not to run a VPN server on a target machine. If the machine goes down or I need to reboot it, I can’t get into the network or get kicked off VPN. Synology NAS also has a VPN package for it, used that before and it was good.