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Remote KVM recommendations (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by Zonefive@sh.itjust.works to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world
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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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[–] rtxn@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

Are you absolutely sure you need a KVM over the network? It sounds like you just need remote access to the computers.

Solution one: Nevermind, forget I said anything about RDP. I should stop giving advice after being awake for 20 hours.

Solution two: use RustDesk. It's a FOSS remote desktop solution similar to TeamViewer. You can run the ID and Relay servers on your own hardware (which I strongly recommend) if you don't want to use RustDesk's own. You can connect the remote computers to the server without exposing them to the internet.

[–] Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe 5 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

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.

[–] rtxn@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 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.

[–] Brkdncr@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

Nope, bad idea.