Remote Desktop connection from Win 7 to Win XP through SSH tunnel stuck in "Welcome ..." screen
Another post about a problem with running RDP over ssh. In my setup, RDP client seems to be able to connect to the remote machine but get's stuck in "Welcome" screen and eventually, getting the "The two computers couldn't connect in the amount of time allotted. " message. Here's my setup Home PC ---- HOME LAN ------ Linux router ---- internet ----- work router --- work PC (win 7) using putty, i have a script that opens an ssh session from work PC to the linux router and opens a remote port (3389) and tunnels it to localhost:3389 the idea is for my work PC, which is on all the time to maintain the connection to my linux router. this way, I can rdp from home PC to my work PC without having to start a VPN. So, the tunnel is from the "private" side of the linux router (192.168.0.0/24), port 3389 to my work PC I launch RDP from home PC (XP SP3) and point it to LinuxRouter:3389, RDP window comes up, gives me the screen for username/password. if I enter correct credentials, it goes to the welcome screen and sits there for a minute or two and then gives the "The two computers couldn't connect in the amount of time allotted. " messay. Reading some of the other posts, i've tried changing the destination of the tunnel (on work pc) to 127.0.0.1:3389 127.0.0.2:3389 localhost:3389 in general, my guess is that the connection works fine. the port (3389) is forwarded correctly from the linuxRouter over SSH to my work PC. However, it seems like RDP server on Win7 doesn't like to start the connection to itself. anyways, can anybody here tell me what might be going on or any hints as were to debug this? are there any logs on the Win7 side to debug RDP?
July 12th, 2010 11:00pm

I don’t think it will work if your work PC is in a domain. The access from Internet is not able to access AD data. Please use VPN as a final solution.Please remember to click Mark as Answer on the post that helps you, and to click Unmark as Answer if a marked post does not actually answer your question. This can be beneficial to other community members reading the thread.
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July 14th, 2010 12:01pm

I had the same problem just the opposite set-up. I want to get into my home network from my laptop using SSH to disguise the remote desktop connection as encrypted web traffic so the school firewalls won't block it. For some reason Windows doesn't like it when you try to connect into the same pc that the traffic is traveling to. You could either put a third pc in your office network to handle the SSH connection. Or even better...set up a second user account on your work pc and put the SSH client on it. It worked for me. I have FreeSSHd running on the account "User" and then I open the ssh connection and remote to my main Admin. account.
April 26th, 2011 11:47pm

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