Remote Desktop in Field - no WiFi, No Hardwire

Question

Hello,

This question has been asked an answered in many ways before and I have looked at a lot of them. I still don't know how Remote Desktop can work in the field where I intend to remote into one of my PC's using another. In the field I will have no WiFi and the PC's cannot be hardwired together, but they both are capable of BlueTooth. Can this be done?

Thanks in advance for any suggestions.

Farzad

Answer 1

I assume you are thinking of an island operation: A bunch of PCs somewhere out in the field, fairly close together but not connected to the Internet.

The simplest way would be to create a wireless LAN with a low-cost Access Point. In this way each PC will have access to every other PC. One PC, the RDP Host, must run Windows 7 Professional. The other PCs can run any version of Windows.

Answer 2

Yes, not necessarily an island, but somewhere in the middle of nowhere, the main PC and the PC I am remoting into in order to startup applications that will run certain equipment.

So a local Access Point is necessary, and can that be done using a smart phone even though there might be no reception in the location?

Answer 3

So a local Access Point is necessary, and can that be done using a smart phone even though there might be no reception in the location?

You can certainly connect your smart phone to a local Access Point. Whether your smart phone is capable of running an RDP session is another question.

To avoid confusion I recommend that you be clear about your goal. Initially you wrote *"*I intend to remote into one of my PC's using another." Now one of these PCs has miraculously turned into a smart phone . . .

Answer 4

I don't intend to use a smart phone to remote into the device. I mentioned smart phone because of the "Access Point" which I assumed means a hub of some sorts that can create isolated networking.

I have a Microsoft Surface pro that I currently physically attach to my telescope equipment to manage the operations of astro-imaging that requires multiple software and hardware to be running concurrently. I am trying to see if I can use one of these Micro PC computers running Windows 10 to attach to the telescope equipment and for me to remote into it to launch the software and also to monitor performance using my Surface Pro.

Not being savvy with networking (and even WiFi), I am at a loss as to how I could remote into a device when in the field with no cabling. Computer A wants to remote into Compter B with no WiFi, no Internet, and no cables. Can this be done?

Thanks

Answer 5

I mentioned smart phone because of the "Access Point" which I assumed means a hub of some sorts that can create isolated networking.

-> An Access Point is a wireless transmitter/receiver. It costs around $40. You will probably find that a router with an inbuilt access point is most cost effective. You would use the access point component and leave the router component idle.

Not being savvy with networking (and even WiFi), I am at a loss as to how I could remote into a device when in the field with no cabling.

-> Your access point comes with a CAT5 cable that you use to configure it, using your PC. You do this while at home. To the experienced, doing it takes less than five minutes. Someone who has never done it before probably would not know where to start. Here are a few options:

• Ask a computer-savvy friend to help you.
• Ask Google like so: How to configure an access point. There are lots of nicely illustrated guides.
• Give me access to your PC so that I can configure it for you.