Remote Desktop from IPhone to Surface Pro?

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#133712 31-Oct-2013 13:33

Hi Folks,
Does anyone know how to use the Microsoft Remote Desktop Client on the IPhone to connect to a Surface Pro (win 8.1) while the latter is (WiFi/BT) tethered to the IPhone?

Have been trying but keep getting host unreachable. Just trying to find out if it is possible.

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#924758 31-Oct-2013 13:55

can't see why it wouldn't work over WiFi

is it a name resolution problem? Use an IP

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#924785 31-Oct-2013 14:32

Over the lan (possibly wifi->router) no problem.
Over the internet through the phones 3g connection, you need to open a port in your router firewall, which is 'dodgy' (but easy-ish if you're techie).

The proper way is to make the phone to connect to your vpn.

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#924788 31-Oct-2013 14:35

Surface Pro is connected to the WLAN via being WiFi tethered to the iPhone

RDC app is running on the iPhone

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#924804 31-Oct-2013 14:51

Hrm. Interesting question, Ive ben re-reading your post.

Probably the phone isolates itself from the subnet of the "personal hotspot" network. I cant imagine Apple letting the router expose the phone to the same local subnet as its hotspot clients. Maybe a hacked version like cydia _could_. Or else you'd need an app created for this purpose.

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#924807 31-Oct-2013 14:55

can I ask what the use case is for your scenario?

Is the Surface Pro is within WLAN range, why don't you just walk over to it?

I'd test this myself but I don't have an iPhone

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#925082 31-Oct-2013 20:33

nathan: can't see why it wouldn't work over WiFi

is it a name resolution problem? Use an IP

*doh* configuring firewall and turning on remote desktop on surface would help :)

Needed to use IP address as it didn't see the host name.

I must say, typing on a surface pro keyboard via an IPad screen is a bit weird.

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#925086 31-Oct-2013 20:37

nathan: can I ask what the use case is for your scenario?

Is the Surface Pro is within WLAN range, why don't you just walk over to it?

I'd test this myself but I don't have an iPhone

Well, actually, surface pro is on the other side of my desk. However, I might have been over by the coffee machine.

Actually, I just wanted to try out the new remote desktop app for IOS and this was probably the most complex scenario I could think of at the time. However, when out and about there is a likelihood that one might use an IPad to remote into a surface pro that is tethered to an iPhone.

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#925117 31-Oct-2013 21:24

Splashtop?

Can only imagine how horrible RDP must be on the iPhone though with that low res tiny screen.

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#925181 31-Oct-2013 22:08

TwoSeven:
nathan: can't see why it wouldn't work over WiFi

is it a name resolution problem? Use an IP

*doh* configuring firewall and turning on remote desktop on surface would help :)

i was just about to ask if you had 'turned it on' :)

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#925268 1-Nov-2013 06:49

TwoSeven:
nathan: can I ask what the use case is for your scenario?

Is the Surface Pro is within WLAN range, why don't you just walk over to it?

I'd test this myself but I don't have an iPhone

Well, actually, surface pro is on the other side of my desk. However, I might have been over by the coffee machine.

Actually, I just wanted to try out the new remote desktop app for IOS and this was probably the most complex scenario I could think of at the time. However, when out and about there is a likelihood that one might use an IPad to remote into a surface pro that is tethered to an iPhone.

IMO the new MS Remote Desktop app is terrible. They gutted everything good about iTap, and the zoom functionality is ridiculously unintuitive.