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Mac Forum / Applications / Other MS Products / July 2006Can't get RDC to connect
I have my Mac and a PC at home and would like to run the PC from my Mac but can't seem to get RDC to work. Are there any good instructions? I have done what the MS site says to do to get the PC set up and I have tried to set up the router correctly and it seems to be ok. I am not sure what I am doing incorrectly. > I have my Mac and a PC at home and would like to run the PC from my Mac > but can't seem to get RDC to work. Are there any good instructions? I > have done what the MS site says to do to get the PC set up and I have > tried to set up the router correctly and it seems to be ok. I am not > sure what I am doing incorrectly. When you have a home situation, very little needs to be done to make this work. You shouldn't have to configure anything with your router. I suggest you see if you can undo what you've done there just make sure nothing interferes. First, you must be running Windows XP Professional. XP Home does not have this feature. In Windows XP, right-click your "My Computer" icon on the Desktop and select Properties. Under the "Remote" tab, select the second checkbox to allow remote connections. If your Windows system has its firewall activated, you'll need to ensure that RDC connections are allowed through the firewall. Finally, note your Windows system's IP address. (From a home Mac, you can't connect via name without much additional setup.) Go to Start --> Run --> "cmd" --> OK and type "ipconfig". On your Mac, launch RDC and enter the Windows system's IP address. You should be able to connect. For additional information, have a look at this page <http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/mobility/getstarted/remoteintro .mspx> on Microsoft's website. Hope this helps! bill  SignatureWilliam M. Smith (Microsoft Interop MVP - Mac/Windows) is it possible to ping the network from the Mac and get active addresses returned? Hugh W > > I have my Mac and a PC at home and would like to run the PC from my Mac > > but can't seem to get RDC to work. Are there any good instructions? I [quoted text clipped - 26 lines] > > Hope this helps! bill > is it possible to ping the network from the Mac and get active > addresses returned? Yes, so long as you don't have anything like firewalls preventing ICMP replies. If your network is something like 192.168.1.xxx, replace the "xxx" with 255. Pinging xxx.xxx.xxx.255 broadcasts to all computers on the network. Hope this helps! bill SignatureWilliam M. Smith (Microsoft Interop MVP - Mac/Windows) >>is it possible to ping the network from the Mac and get active >>addresses returned? [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > Hope this helps! bill thanks i will try it when I get home in a couple of months Signaturenew computer = new blog http://mac-on-intel.blogspot.com/ daily blogs with new photos http://snaps2006.blogspot.com/ http://slim2005.blogspot.com/ family history http://hughw36.blogspot.com > Pinging xxx.xxx.xxx.255 broadcasts to all computers on the network. This might be useful, if correct. I tested pinging from a Windows 2000 server, and received no ping responses. I know for sure that some devices in that subnet respond to pings. Ditto my home network, consisting of XP machines and a router. > > Pinging xxx.xxx.xxx.255 broadcasts to all computers on the network. > [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > Ditto my home network, consisting of XP machines and a router. I'm sure various things could be happening with your networks that keep this from working, however, I can attest that it does work for me. I do get responses from several devices on my home network. Keep in mind it probably only works so long as all devices are together on the same subnet. I'm not sure if it's possible to ping devices using this method on a different network. bill SignatureWilliam M. Smith (Microsoft Interop MVP - Mac/Windows) Thanks - I'll keep trying. Signature>> > Pinging xxx.xxx.xxx.255 broadcasts to all computers on the network. >> [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > > bill |
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