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Remote Desktop using Cloudflare
Iamtechguru
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Can someone please guide me on using Remote Desktop to connect to my Windows machine through Cloudflare? I don't have a static IP at home
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is this even possible? you don't need static IP address. What you need is IP address that accessible from outside and dynamic DNS
You can using Cloudflare Zero it works on my VNC Remote Desktop
https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/use-cases/rdp/
I appreciate your prompt response; that's what I love about this community!
Or, try any mesh networking service like tailscale.
Try chrome remote desktop
Cloudflare tunnels
Zerotier works good too
Cloudflare has a reverse proxy service, Spectrum, made specifically for ssh/rdp forwarding and protection, but the rdp forwarding is only available for business plan users.
You can use zero trust tunneling, but I advice you to just setup your RDP to connect from one specific IP you own. You can then point a a record to the IP adres of the server without proxying
I did similar thing with Team Viewer just today.
Authentication is email based, no need a static IP address.
Just setup your home PC as a remote src and tw will start even if your user isn't authenticated yet, similar with RDP.
My goal is to be able to connect remotely via Console Port of the switch, using a hardware cable between an old laptop and the switch, connected to internet via home based WiFi and it works perfecly for this goal.
Use tailscale. It's easier to setup and use.
It's limited to 3 users.
Also can consider Any Desk, better than TeamViewer in my opinion.
I wanted to use cloudflare tunnel but provided documentation is not working for me or I am not able to understand it. Is there any other documentation available for step by step guide to setup remote desktop using cloudflare tunnel. Thanks in advance
How do they compare to LogMeIn?
netbird.io (free 100 machines) and ultravnc (or rdp)
https://netbird.io/use-cases/remote-access
i used ultraviewer and works fine too
Install NoMachine software and you can access without bothering about ip address
I use RealVNC and works great and free for I think 5 devices or something. But if you want to use regular RDP with Windows using Cloudflare, just create a tunnel with Cloudflare Zero Trust which you can access to from the main dashboard of your account. Once you create the tunnel - which requires installing a software on your computer, you will need to add a "public hostname" pointing to whatever is the RDP port on localhost (3389? I don't use Windows). That's it. Then you connect to the computer using that hostname with your RDP client. It's super easy.
I am getting following error
2023-12-28T10:40:06Z INF Start Websocket listener host=localhost:3389
2023-12-28T10:40:06Z ERR Error on Websocket listener error="failed to start forwarding server: listen tcp 127.0.0.1:3389: bind: An attempt was made to access a socket in a way forbidden by its access permissions."
failed to start forwarding server: listen tcp 127.0.0.1:3389: bind: An attempt was made to access a socket in a way forbidden by its access permissions.
cloudflare zerotunnel, you can set a private network. or else tailscale
You also need to install cloudflared on the client machine with zero trust not only the server so install on both
why not use rustdesk?You can use docker to build the private id server.
Try tailscale. In most cases it will get you a direct tunnel with minimum latency. Then use RustDesk or VNC or RDP to gain remote desktop. Performance of this setup is amazing.
I really appreciate the fantastic support from everyone.
Tailscale all the way!
So what? One user is enough for the situation he described. Especially since you can add up to 100 nodes
How do you block all public traffic and only use Tailscale to route the traffic
easiest way would be just to bind thing you want to route over to tailscale IP 100.x.y.z rather than 0.0.0.0/everything/public IP.
But this question is so vague that there is 818571875 solutions and 817578178587 problems.
You can also self-host your own tailscale controller with headscale and have as many users as you like. It is compatible with all of the tailscale clients.
https://tailscale.com/kb/1095/secure-rdp-windows?q=remo