Overview

The Remote Desktop feature on Windows allows a graphical connection to a workstation. Working through a Remote Desktop Connection feels like working in front of a workstation.

In order to provide you with a safe computing environment at ETH, the direct connection via rdesktop from outside ETH to computers at ITET will not be possible anymore starting from October 28th 2011. Only rdesktop connections via VPN will be allowed.

Therfor, in order to connect to a ISG.EE managed Windows 7 workstation or Terminal Server, you will have to connect to ETH via VPN first.

VPN allows you to create a secure connection between your pc at home and ETH.

VPN software can be ordered at IDES (http://ides.ethz.ch) at no cost. The software is pre-configured so you will just need to install it.

In order to install VPN, please follow the instructions for your operating system:

Windows 7 http://computing.ee.ethz.ch/Workstations/Network/VPN/Win7

Windows XP http://computing.ee.ethz.ch/Workstations/Network/VPN/WinXP

Linux with KDE4 https://linux.ee.ethz.ch/VpnConnectNmKde4

Linux with Gnome https://linux.ee.ethz.ch/VpnConnectNmGnome

Mac OS X: http://computing.ee.ethz.ch/Workstations/Network/VPN/MacOSX10.6SnowLeopard