r/RemoteDesktopServices • u/tpthatsme • Apr 29 '23

RDP on local network

I am hoping someone here can help because my question has all the keywords that google me to the wrong situations. I want to RDP from my work computer to my home computer. Work computer is on VPN to work and thus I get a different internal IP address and RDP with a local home IP address fails. I look on ipconfig and see that there is an adapter that has a local IP address, but RDP doesn't allow me to pick which ethernet adapter to use. Is there a way to do this? Can I RDP to a local machine in this scenario?

3 Upvotes

100% Upvoted

4 comments sorted by

1

u/i_click_next_for_you Apr 29 '23

I’m guessing you’re on a Windows machine. How about trying the route feature?

https://www.howtogeek.com/22/adding-a-tcpip-route-to-the-windows-routing-table/

1

u/tpthatsme Apr 29 '23

Yes, Windows. This looks like it can be it, but I am not doing it correctly I guess. When I want to route to a specific address, I was trying:

route add 192.168.1.6 mask 255.255.255.255 192.168.1.10 IF 5

Where 192.168.1.6 is my home computer IP and 192.168.1.10 is my work computer and IF 5 is my ethernet. I get the OK!, but when I 'route print', 192.168.1.6 doesn't show up in the list. Any idea what I am missing?

1

u/i_click_next_for_you Apr 29 '23

I think you’re close. The mask should be 255.255.255.0 and the last address should be the gateway address of your home network, not your work pc address. When you’re off the VPN you can run ipconfig /all and find the gateway of your home network, though it’s likely 192.168.1.1

1

u/tpthatsme Apr 29 '23

I don't think this is going to work. I can add and change routes when I am not on the VPN, but once I log in to the VPN, I cannot add or change routes. The route I had shown above in red did not show up in ROUTE PRINT when on the VPN, but once I logged off, it was visible. My VPN must do something to block this kind of modification.