Remote into Linux Mint from Windows 10 through Ethernet
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Remote into Linux Mint from Windows 10 through Ethernet
I'm really new to Linux and networking, and I'm having a heck of a time getting this working. I want to remote into my Linux Mint desktop from my Windows 10 desktop over an Ethernet connection (WiFi card in Linux desktop sucks). I've followed several guides on trying to do this, including this guideand this forum post, which seem to be saying the same thing, just using different VNC clients, but as I said, I'm bad at networks and Linux so I could be wrong. I've been trying to do this all with the wlp3s0 Ethernet IP address from typing ifconfig in the terminal, but every time, on every client (Windows Remote Desktop Connection, VNC Viewer, Tight VNC Viewer) I get a timeout error.
Any suggestions on what I'm doing wrong and how to get this to finally work?
Any suggestions on what I'm doing wrong and how to get this to finally work?
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Re: Remote into Linux Mint from Windows 10 through Ethernet
I suppose that you can do that using Putty in Windows.
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Re: Remote into Linux Mint from Windows 10 through Ethernet
As long as you have a VNC server running on the Linux machine, and a VNC client on the Windows side, you should be fine. Other easy to use cross platform remote desktop apps are TeamViewer and NoMachine. I've used all three solutions before to do just what you want to do. Well, I remote control both ways Linux to Windows, and Windows to Linux, and I too know very little about networking.
Re: Remote into Linux Mint from Windows 10 through Ethernet
Unhook your ISP's gateway from the internet. That will isolate your network and keep you safe while you SHUTDOWN/DISABLE ALL FIREWALLS. Then try your processes again. That will tell you if a firewall is causing the error you are seeing. Be sure to start your firewall(s) back up BEFORE you reconnect your gateway to the internet. If you find that a firewall is causing the problem it should be simple to fix.
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Re: Remote into Linux Mint from Windows 10 through Ethernet
Nonsense.administrollaattori wrote:I suppose that you can do that using Putty in Windows.
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Re: Remote into Linux Mint from Windows 10 through Ethernet
In the Windows command line type
ping ip.of.linux.machine
to see if Windows can reach it.Re: Remote into Linux Mint from Windows 10 through Ethernet
Could you justify your comment?catweazel wrote:Nonsense.administrollaattori wrote:I suppose that you can do that using Putty in Windows.
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Re: Remote into Linux Mint from Windows 10 through Ethernet
administrollaattori wrote:Could you justify your comment?catweazel wrote:Nonsense.administrollaattori wrote:I suppose that you can do that using Putty in Windows.
PuTTY is a SSH and telnet client. SSH is a shell, and telnet runs in shells. All the poster will get is a command line.null wrote:VNC clients ... (Windows Remote Desktop Connection, VNC Viewer, Tight VNC Viewer)
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Re: Remote into Linux Mint from Windows 10 through Ethernet
Yes, but you should be able to connect using PuTTY. For some years ago I tested PuTTY in Windows, and it was able to connect into linux-computer.catweazel wrote: PuTTY is a SSH and telnet client. SSH is a shell, and telnet runs in shells. All the poster will get is a command line.
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Re: Remote into Linux Mint from Windows 10 through Ethernet
Yes, but the poster was explicit about using Remote Desktop Protocol. It isn't unheard of to want to run GUI applications in linux.administrollaattori wrote:Yes, but you should be able to connect using PuTTY. For some years ago I tested PuTTY in Windows, and was able to connect into linux-computer.catweazel wrote: PuTTY is a SSH and telnet client. SSH is a shell, and telnet runs in shells. All the poster will get is a command line.
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Re: Remote into Linux Mint from Windows 10 through Ethernet
This seems to indicate it is only a problem in Linux? If so, more information about the chipset (and maybe a few other things) would help. Post results from (and this may help with other aspects)null wrote:(WiFi card in Linux desktop sucks)
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One mention was Nomachine. I have used that and what makes it helpful is you install the same program on two computers and it is kind of a do it all networking solution. It seems to me it was designed for people that don't have a lot of network knowledge but some amount of techie capability to use however can also be used to do even more by people who do have quite a bit of network knowledge.
Re: Remote into Linux Mint from Windows 10 through Ethernet
I took this ping ip.of.linux.machine as a complete cli syntax. Perhaps you could say ping (ip) where ip=the ip of the windows machine?MintBean wrote:In the Windows command line typeping ip.of.linux.machine
to see if Windows can reach it.
Also, it might be helpful to tell the poster a simple way to find the actual ip?
Just a suggestion trying to make it easier on the poster.
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Re: Remote into Linux Mint from Windows 10 through Ethernet
Since he was talking about the 'wlp3s0 Ethernet IP address' and running 'ifconfig,' I assumed he understood what an ip address was and what the ip of the Linux machine was.wallyUSA wrote:I took this ping ip.of.linux.machine as a complete cli syntax. Perhaps you could say ping (ip) where ip=the ip of the windows machine?MintBean wrote:In the Windows command line typeping ip.of.linux.machine
to see if Windows can reach it.
Also, it might be helpful to tell the poster a simple way to find the actual ip?
Just a suggestion trying to make it easier on the poster.
Re: Remote into Linux Mint from Windows 10 through Ethernet
Cool! Thanks for the explanation!MintBean wrote:Since he was talking about the 'wlp3s0 Ethernet IP address' and running 'ifconfig,' I assumed he understood what an ip address was and what the ip of the Linux machine was.wallyUSA wrote:I took this ping ip.of.linux.machine as a complete cli syntax. Perhaps you could say ping (ip) where ip=the ip of the windows machine?MintBean wrote:In the Windows command line typeping ip.of.linux.machine
to see if Windows can reach it.
Also, it might be helpful to tell the poster a simple way to find the actual ip?
Just a suggestion trying to make it easier on the poster.
> If your query has been resolved, edit your original post and add <SOLVED> to the beginning of the subject line. This may help others find solutions. <
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