It can be downright dangerous if you’re not careful or don’t understand what you’re doing. Manual configuration is time consuming and fiddly. Or you can install a desktop app which sets up and manages your connections automatically.You can manually reconfigure your router NAT and firewall rules then configure your desktop PC’s firewall and remote access permissions then setup dynamic DNS to your router ( this web page outlines the process).This is because most desktop PCs are isolated from the Internet behind a NAT router/firewall with a dynamic IP address, so you can’t use DNS to locate the router or the PC. The hard part is locating and securely connecting to desktop PCs from an external location on the Internet. My principle use case is remote Internet access from a wireless iPad tethered to my mobile phone back into desktops running Microsoft Windows on my (Internet connected) office LAN. The hard part: getting back into your office Remote Desktop Lite – RDP is a free app the others are non-free. This post outlines why I settled on Jump Desktop along with a few usage tips.Īll four have very good RDP (Microsoft Remote Desktop Protocol) clients, the latter two also include VNC clients.

I evaluated four of the best iPad remote access apps and am delighted to have found one that does exactly what I want.

I went from initial scepticism, when I started looking for a usable iPad remote desktop solution for accessing Windows PCs, to (almost) wild enthusiasm.

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