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WOL and Remote Desktop

Anonymous
2019-08-29T03:10:57+00:00

I manage a number of PC's, a video security system and a substantial WiFi footprint for my sports aviation club and quite a lot is done remotely. I've been using Team Viewer with a lot of success but I get a little prompt from them every so often that it looks like we are a commercial outfit which is outside the terms of free usage. Given that we're a "not for profit", I am loath to spend lots of dollars on a TV licence and I'm looking for an alternative as a result.

The PC's are a mix of desktop/laptop and all are W10 Home or Pro. All are updated to 1903 (May 2019). Remote desktop looks like it may fit the bill but a few questions if I may:-

  1. Can I communicate to a Home PC from a Pro machine and vice versa?
  2. Does the latest iteration include Wake On LAN (the PCs are behind a modem/router which has a fixed public IP address)?
  3. If it doesn't include WOL what is the suggested alternative?
  4. Can I have more than one PC connecting to the same remote unit (concurrently and independently)

Hope someone can help

Cheers...

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  1. Anonymous
    2019-09-07T23:25:28+00:00

    Hi.

    I haven't tried the link but what I can't find is a way to make Remote Desktop wake the remote PC. How do you get RD to send a magic packet, specifically over a VPN? My current setup uses a public IP, port forwarding and Team Viewer. WOL works in that scenario. As a side issue there seems to be very few laptop/notebooks that allow WOL which creates problems for me as well.

    Cheers

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  2. Anonymous
    2019-08-29T03:22:58+00:00

    Hi Daylef

    I am an Independent advisor here to help

    To answer your questions

    1. Yes you can network and remote access between Windows 10 Home and Windows 10 Pro
      For this setup Is would recommend that you follow this guide

    https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server...

    1. Wake on LAN is still available
    2. The only way that you could have multiple computers remotely accessing the same host computer simultaneously is if the host computer is running a server version of Windows and is set up to allow multiple remote sessions simultaneously.

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  3. Anonymous
    2019-08-29T06:45:26+00:00

    Hi TechGuy

    I downloaded Remote Desktop Manager 2.7 and I followed your advice and the following is what I found:-

    1. The document your referred me to, says Windows 10 Home will not work and a connection attempt to a Home PC using Remote Desktop Manager confirms this.
    2. I can't find any reference to WOL so can't enable or test it.
    3. No problems, it's not a biggie.

    Thanks for trying though

    Cheers

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  4. Anonymous
    2019-08-29T12:54:56+00:00

    Good morning

    Enabling remote desktop on Windows 10 home does take a bit of work. The following tutorial shows us how to do it though.

    https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/118782-add-...

    Wake On LAN would be found in the power management settings of your network device. You don't show it there at all? Can you provide a screenshot of what you do show?

    Note: This is a non-Microsoft website. The page appears to be providing accurate, safe information. Watch out for ads on the site that may advertise products frequently classified as a PUP (Potentially Unwanted Products). Thoroughly research any product advertised on the site before you decide to download and install it.

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