I have three networked Win10/11 PCs at our small family business that occasionally need to be accessed and maintained from my Fedora PC at home. I’ve used Google Remote Desktop for a while but it’s unreliable and also F Google.

Was looking at the Gl-Inet Comet products which look promising as they say they work without cloud access, but they’re a tad spendy. If it’s the best option I’m willing to drop the coin.

Are there better options?

Thanks!

  • Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafeEnglish
    6·
    4 hours ago

    You’ll need port forwarding to expose RDP yo the internet

    No. Do NOT do this. RDP isn’t designed for the internet, it’s a security hole, even more so in a small business where they aren’t going to use advanced security (2FA, certs, etc).

    Remote access should always be over a secure connection, such as a VPN.

    Never port-forward RDP - you’re just begging to get owned.

    • rtxn@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      4 hours ago

      Fuck, I’m an idiot. I really shouldn’t be giving advice when I’m sleep-deprived like this. I completely forgot that when I used RDP, I did it through an SSH tunnel.

      Removed.