I have three networked Win10/11 PCs at our small family business that occasionally need to be accessed and maintained from my Fedora PC at home. I’ve used Google Remote Desktop for a while but it’s unreliable and also F Google.

Was looking at the Gl-Inet Comet products which look promising as they say they work without cloud access, but they’re a tad spendy. If it’s the best option I’m willing to drop the coin.

Are there better options?

Thanks!

Edit: Wow, thank you all for so much useful feedback and excellent recommendations! I have lots to dig in to.

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[+] 1 point 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (3 children)
  • [–] 7 points 7 months ago* (1 child)

    You'll need port forwarding to expose RDP yo the internet

    No. Do NOT do this. RDP isn't designed for the internet, it's a security hole, even more so in a small business where they aren't going to use advanced security (2FA, certs, etc).

    Remote access should always be over a secure connection, such as a VPN.

    Never port-forward RDP - you're just begging to get owned.

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  • [–] 3 points 7 months ago*

    Fuck, I'm an idiot. I really shouldn't be giving advice when I'm sleep-deprived like this. I completely forgot that when I used RDP, I did it through an SSH tunnel.

    Removed.

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