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7 Replies Last post: Oct 30, 2009 9:41 AM by avtandil1  

How to configure Remote Desktop on VMWare workstation posted: Oct 10, 2007 6:21 AM

Click to view cv1's profile Novice 8 posts since
Aug 20, 2007
I am trying to configure Remote Desktop on VMWare workstation. I tried to enalbe the remote desktop feature under my computer, properites, remote. I'm only able to connect to the VMWare image only on the host machine. When I tried to used remote desktop on another machine to connect it fails.

Any ideas?

Thanks!
Click to view rsa911's profile Virtuoso vExpert 1,877 posts since
Aug 3, 2007

post some extra infos:

host o/s (xp ? vista ?)

guest o/s

ipconfig /all output of both host and guest

virtual machine config file (.vmx) content

Click to view rsa911's profile Virtuoso vExpert 1,877 posts since
Aug 3, 2007

NAT is probably what's causing your issue...

as your host & guest are both sharing the same ip (from the outside) and are both using the same port for RDP, you have some potential conflicts

you will need to either switch to bridged or configure NAT to forward a port of your choice (other than 3389 tcp) to your guest vm

assuming you're using W/S 6.0:

open the edit --> Virtual network settings menu

open the NAT tab and click on "EDIT" then on "Port Forwarding"

in the "incoming TCP ports" section, click ADD

for the host port , pick a free port like 9999, enter your guest VM ip address in the virtual machine ip address and 3389 in the port

description: RDP on port 9999

from a remote node on the network, to access your guest via RDP:

mstsc /V:Vmware_HOST_ip:9999

(YES the Vmware HOST ip, not your guest one !)

give it a try and report back


Click to view rsa911's profile Virtuoso vExpert 1,877 posts since
Aug 3, 2007

Thanks for the reply. I wasnt able to get it to work. I'm using VW 5.5

5.5 is fine, it makes no difference for the config we need (maybe the menu are somewhat different but that's it)

what did not worked ? were you able to define the NAT settings ?

did you disabled any firewall running on your host xp ? (including windows built in one in XP SP2 )

if it works with the firewall off, we'll need to add an entry for the custom 9999 port

Click to view avtandil1's profile Novice 10 posts since
Jul 28, 2009
Awesome. Worked like a charm. I even configured a Linux guest (xRDP server http://xrdp.sourceforge.net/) so it would accept Windows RPD calls. Thanks rsa911
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