Remote desktop web connection via IE

[archcommus]

As outlined here.

My question, since this connection is strictly through your browser, does it utilize ANY port other than 80? Would it work behind my school connection with only 80, 443, 5190, and maybe a few other ports open and behind a proxy?

 

[BlueWeasel]

Even though it's through the browser, my guess that it would still use the default RDP port of 3389. UltraVNC allows a Java-based connection through a browser, but it also requires a specific port.

It's fairly easy to change the RDP port through the registry. I wonder if it would be possible to set the port to 80 using this method?

 

[archcommus]

Originally posted by: BlueWeasel
Even though it's through the browser, my guess that it would still use the default RDP port of 3389. UltraVNC allows a Java-based connection through a browser, but it also requires a specific port.

It's fairly easy to change the RDP port through the registry. I wonder if it would be possible to set the port to 80 using this method?

Darn.

 

[BlueWeasel]

Originally posted by: archcommus

Originally posted by: BlueWeasel
Even though it's through the browser, my guess that it would still use the default RDP port of 3389. UltraVNC allows a Java-based connection through a browser, but it also requires a specific port.

It's fairly easy to change the RDP port through the registry. I wonder if it would be possible to set the port to 80 using this method?

Darn.

Don't take my word as definate, though. I'd probably just try changing the RDP port to 5190 (or another higher one that your school leaves open) and see if that works.

Doing it this way, you'd need to specific the address as aaa.bbb.ccc.ddd:5190, where the letters represent your IP address (or dynamic address) and the numbers after the colon is the specific port to use.

 

[YoshiSato]

There is no way to change Remote Desktop port number. It will always bee port 3389. The only port you can change is port 80, your web server port.

 

[BlueWeasel]

Originally posted by: YoshiSato
There is no way to change Remote Desktop port number. It will always bee port 3389. The only port you can change is port 80, your web server port.

You Sure?

I've had to change the port from the default of 3389 to something else. It's the only way if you need to connect to several different systems each behind the same IP address.