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Is there a program available for the Nokia 770 that would allow Me to connect to Windows remote desktop or Terminal services. I am an IT Manager and I have a 770 on order and would like to use it to access My servers around the Office/Home/World etc. I currently use a Treo 650 with Mobile Terminal services but the screen is getting a Little small for My eyes....

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Thank You, I was searching for Remote Desktop to no Avail "rdesktop" gave Me the info I was looking For.

Barney

YOu can use 2 programs for remote access to your windows computer:

1. rdesktop
uses rdp (remote desktop protocol), is quit fast and runs natively the resolution 800x480 on your server.
Problem: The onscreen Keyboard could not be used, you need to use a bluetooth keyboard (but this is buggy, too)
When running rdesktop you could not put the session in the background and run another application on your 770.
I think this app just needs more time to get fully hildonized

2. vnc-client
The VNC Client runs quit good on the 770 but on the Win-Machine you need to be logged in AND the resolution of the Win-Machine will be shown on the 770. You need to scroll a lot.

I use rdesktop with the problems mentioned above (you could tunnel your traffic through SSH to get a secure remote access solution).

I hope this will help you a bit

Mark

Thanks for the Info , Sounds like the big problem is the 770 onscreen keyboard . I Wonder if I could use the onscreen keyboard feature within the windows terminal session.

you can use rdesktop with the "on-screen keyboard" from windows. after you connect to the windows machine, just go start->programs->accessories->accessibility->on-screen keyboard.

Thats What I was hoping , Should Recieve My 770 Tommorow , Looking forward to giving it a try. Thanks all for the Assistance

onscreen keyboard
 

You could use the on-screen keyboard inside windows, but you need a bluetooth or usb keyboard to send username/password.

And if you already have a keyboard, you wouldn't need the on-screen keyboard. The only input into the rdesktop app is from external keyboard, you can not even use nokia 770 built in keyboard to login.

if you set the login & password from the connection settings window (before you connect), you will be logged in directly (at least this works for me)

Thats the way I presently have My treo 650 set-up using Mobile TS and it works great ( Just a VERY Small Screen for My Old Eyes )

Barney:

I've got both running on my 770. Currently you won't be able to VPN in so maybethe Citrix client might be for you. If you're using it inhouse then RD is really fast and automatically scales the screen resolution down.

Otherwise the accessibility onscreen KB is the way to go.

You're going to like this little device. ;)

It works! Awesome!~

It's easy to use an encrypted connection by tunneling the port 3389 over ssh. This is safe enough and easy to setup without root permissions on the 770.
-you only need to install ssh client,
-make a connection (before using RD) with the -L command and
-run RD to the localhost.

It's not a real vpn but it's easy to setup, runs through most firewalls and you only need a ssh server which is accessable from the internet.

Mark

Need help with SSH and RDesktop

Can someone tell me the exact execution command to tunnel from the N770 over the internet to my WinXP pro machine so I can start RDesktop?

WinXP machine running COPSSH server
N770 using dropbear client

I initiate a session with the server with the following command:
/var/lib/install/usr/bin/dbclient -l user@hostserver

I got the user@server ~ and was able the view the files on the server

I tried ssh -w port:port user@hostserver but it didn't work
I tried ssh -N -f -Lport:hostserver:port user@hostserver and it also didn't work

What are the exact command I need to execute to tunnel from remote port 3389 to hostsever port 3389?

Do I have to switch from the user@hostserver prompt to the N770 to execute the command?

Do I have to initialize RDesktop from Xterm prompt?

I have no experience with Linux at all.

Thanks for the help in advance!!!

Sorry I really can't help, but I thought that you couldn't do that with the dropbear client... you had to install the full ssh server/client from here

Brad.

Rdesktop with SSH working

Nevermind, I got it working today using

/var/lib/install/usr/bin/dbclient user@host -L 3389:sever:3389

Rdesktop to localhost

I just now got VNC to work with my Mac PowerBook. It was touchy. The key appears to be screen rez. I could not get it working with a cinema display.