Terminal Services Client
I have been running Linux on my laptop for some time now and I have a question for all the network admins out there. I too am a network admin and a contractor. I have had to keep XP on my laptop because of one application i use on a regular basis. Terminal Services client. Is there a suitable replacemant for linux?? If I could find one I would sure dump XP all together. I never boot into it for anything else. It would sure be nice to get that Harddrive space back. Thanks in advance. By the way a client was most impressed when I started my laptop up, again, on their network to distribute a fix for NetSky and klez.
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I assume you mean a client for connecting via RDP? Check out rdesktop:
http://www.rdesktop.org If you are using citrix then: http://www.citrix.com If you are using VNC then: http://www.realvnc.com http://www.tightvnc.com |
That was quick!!! Thanks David. Thats exactly what I'm looking for. Its a shme I updated My MCSE last year I hardly ever use windows except when I'm at a clients site. Oh well! I guess we have to work though. Folks want windows "experts" so I stay current. It puts food on the table! Although its nice to replace an ailing windows box with a shiny new linux server when I can.
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Yeah, I know the feeling. I try to stick to linux at work then just use a citrix connection to an NT4 Metaframe server if I need windows (usually only to test websites with ie).
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Hello,
I am using rdesktop to coonect to a windows 2000 server, and just recently when I run rdesktop the screen just flashes and and then I get an error connection closed by peer.. please help |
I assume this means that it used to work?
Does your login work ok from another client machine? If so have you changed any firewall rules since the problem started? |
Furthur investigating the problem, I discovered it was the terminal liscensing manager on the domain controller.
Reinstalling terminal services resolved the problem, |
the best thing about rdesktop is that it is faster then the native TS client provided via M$. i use it when ever i have to take care of customer, and i have it setup on my PoS (point of sale) computer here at my office.
im running QuickBooks pro 2002 on a win2k server and just use TS to login and access it remote. i run RH9 on my PoS system and it runs so much faster now then when i had win2k pro on it. and rdesktop connects and responds much faster with almost no lag compaired to TSclient form win2k pro. |
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