Howto connect to your office pc

It is not possible to create a “Remote desktop connection” directly to your PC from outside. But with a few in between steps you can

It is possible to connect from the outside to the server "lilo". If you are connected to the server lilo you can connect to the server "felix-control" via a Tunnel. Connected with "felix-control" you can connect via a Tunnnel to your PC and then make a remote desktop connection.

PuTTY Configuration Host Name: lilo.science.ru.nl Port: 22

Tunnels (port forwarding) Source port: 2222 (localhost) Destination: felix-control:22

login and lookup the ip-addres of your PC with the command ethergids

400px

Open on puTTY a "new session" puTTY Configuration (felix-control on port 2222) Host Name: localhost Port: 2222

Tunnels (port forwarding) Source port: 3390 (localhost) Destination: "PC_ip-addres":3389

login

server - computer program or a device that provides functionality for other programs or devices, called clients

Linux login server - a secure shell server available for Students and Staff of the Science Faculty.

PuTTY - a free and open-source terminal emulator, serial console and network file transfer application.

Telgids/Ethergids - a phonebook for telephone numbers and ethernet outlets maintained by CNCZ.