What can RDP do in your Network?
Posted on September 19, 2007 - Filed Under Network Administration |
Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) is a multi-channel protocol that allows a user to connect to a computer running Microsoft Terminal Services. Clients exist for most versions of Windows (including handheld versions), and other operating systems such as Linux, FreeBSD, Solaris and Mac OS X. The server listens by default on TCP port 3389.[1] Microsoft refers to the official RDP client software as either Remote Desktop Connection (RDC) or Terminal Services Client (TSC). (http://www.wikipedia.org)
In our local area network, I am using this protocol to enable our linux workstations to use all the windows applications we have installed in our Windows Server 2003 domain controller (server). It makes network administration more easy especially in the installations of the different applications being used by the students. We are currently using Bayanihan Linux (KDE Desktop). Our students are being trained in LAMP programming in developing web applications and through the RDP they can also enjoy using the rest of our windows applications like Visual Studio.Net even their workstations are running on linux. Saves our budget also in licensing our workstations’ OS.
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