Experiment No.

4
REMOTE DESKTOP CONNECTION

I.

OBJECTIVES

To learn how to connect computer in remote desktop connection

To manipulate other computers using remote desktop connection.
To know the prons and cons of using remote desktop connection.
II.

MATERIAL

III.

Computer
Patch cables

PROCEDURES
1. Your computer must be powered on and connected to the network via LAN.
2. Knowing your office computers name:
3.

4.

5.
6.

Go to Start > Control Panel > System > under Computer Name,
note down the computer name.
Go to Start > Control Panel > User Accounts > Manage User
Accounts > check that your user ID is added into the Administrators
group. Only an administrator of the computer is allowed for remote
access.
Go to Start > Control Panel > Windows Firewall > Allow a program
or feature through Windows Firewall > Change Settings > look for
Remote Desktop > tick on both Domain and Home/Work > click
OK.
Then, click on all programs in the star menu, which will bring up the
menu and look for remote desktop connection.
Select Remote Desktop Connection to open this program.

7. Enter your office computers name and click Connect.

8. You would be prompted for the login credentials login with your NUSNET
UserID and password to either NUSSTF (staff) or NUSSTU (student) or
NUSEXT (visitor) domain
9. Once logged in successfully, you would have full access to your office computer.
From there on, you could access to your files and installed programs as if you are
working from the actual computer on campus.

Here are the lists of Computer name and IP Address that been use and involved in
experiment with a workgroup name CPE5GROUP that can be manipulate using
remote desktop connection.
Computer Name
PC-31
PC-32
PC-33
PC-34
PC-35
PC-36
PC-37
PC-38
PC-39
PC-40
PC-41
PC-42
PC-43
PC-44
PC-45
PC-46
PC-47
PC-48
PC-49

Remote Desktop Connection looks like.

IV.

TERMINOLOGIES
REMOTE DESKTOP CONNECTION

IP Address
192.168.1.101
192.168.1.102
192.168.1.103
192.168.1.104
192.168.1.105
192.168.1.106
192.168.1.107
192.168.1.108
192.168.1.109
192.168.1.110
192.168.1.111
192.168.1.112
192.168.1.113
192.168.1.114
192.168.1.115
192.168.1.116
192.168.1.117
192.168.1.118
192.168.1.119

V.

DISCUSSSION/ PROBLEM ENCOUNTERED

Pros

You can access your documents from anywhere.

You can keep your IRC (internet relay chat) and IM clients open on one machine
and then connect to your computer from other places. Thus you dont have to
leave your screen names and whatnot behind on other peoples computers.
Check and save email in YOUR email client instead of using webmail.
Perhaps your workplace/school doesnt allow you to run IRC or IM clients, but
you can use remote desktop. Then you can log on to your computer and IRC and
IM from there.
You could use this as some sort of tech support method.
You can use Remote Desktop if you cant always have a monitor plugged in to the
box.
Great for servers, you don't need to buy keyboard, mouse, monitor etc. to use.

Cons

VI.

Applications with high graphics abilities can't be used (due to network and
graphical lag).
In order to start the server you have to log into your account, meaning if youre on
vacation and your computer locks up, youll have to have someone else reboot the
computer and log in with your password. But this problem can be fixed by
modifying a DLL file and adding a registry value. And up to 2 more computers
can be connected remotely at the same time.

SOLUTION/RECOMMENDATION
After, doing our experiment I can recommend that before connecting in remote
desktop connection know first the pros and cons of using it to know if your sure to do it.
Because during our experiment when somebody connect to us and use remote desktop
connection to manipulate our computer we cannot use the computer until the one who
manipulate it didnt disconnect it. Remember also that the user experience of using
Remote Desktop Connection from off-campus will depend on the speed of your Internet
Service Provider