Connecting to employer's server

What client app in Ubutu are you using?

I do not know what that is .... have always just gone through Terminal Server Client

ok can you telnet to the port you connect to? The default is 3389 but your admins may use something different.

Hello again,

I spoke with my IT guy at work and he says that they do do 'Telnet' but the default port they use for folks dailing in from home is 443.....is there a way to set Terminal Server Client to use that port insteads of 3389 ?

correction ...... employer does not do Telnet

Maybe but you can TEST the connection. You can telnet to any port and it will work. If the connection does not work then it's not the app. If it works then we know its the configuration in the application you are using.

If you want to connect to the Windows Terminal Server at your place of employment, and they use port 443 instead of the standard Terminal Services port (which is 3389), then it sounds like all that is necessary is for you to:

(1) Install a Terminal Services client (this is the same as a Remote Desktop client).
(2) Enter the server's information in the client, making sure to specify port 443.
(3) Click Connect.

There's more than one client program you can use on Ubuntu for this, but here's the most standard way. Install the package "gnome-rdp" (you can do this in Applications > Ubuntu Software Center), then go to Applications > Internet > Gnome-RDP, click New, name the session whatever you want, keep RDP as the protocol (not VNC or SSH), for Computer put the domain name or IP address of the server, followed (without a space) by ":443" (without the quotes), put in your username and password, and put in the domain if applicable.

If you have any problems with these instructions, please post again. If the problem is that you're unable to connect to the server, then following actionparsnip's advice may be useful. The purpose of telnetting in to the server is not to administer it with telnet (hardly anything supports that anymore), but rather to see if the port is open and accessible to you.

The package "gnome-RDP" is already installed on my computer. I did try to specify port 443 in the IP address as indicated but it wouldn't even connect then - at least before when I didn't specify It took me to the log-in screen.

When you put in the IP address but not port 443, it gives you a graphical Windows login screen?

Yes that is correct ; when I use the additional port numbers, I get an error message saying that it could not connect.

Additional info : I had a coworker log on to employer's server using my ID and PW, they were able to sign on without issue. So, the problem is something with the OS. Is there some new changes between 10.04 and 9.10 with Terminal Server Client.

You might try a different RDP client, such as xrdp.

I did a search for xrdp in the software center could not find it, i ma going to try downloading Remotedesktop client

That's strange. The package "xrdp" is present in Lucid (as well as other Ubuntu releases). It is provided by the Universe repository, so perhaps you don't have that enabled. You can enable that by going to Edit > Software Sources in the Ubuntu Software Center (see http://s3.postimage.org/t543xpwf2/xrdp_package.png).

If you have the Universe repository enabled and still cannot find xrdp in the Software Center, then you can try opening a Terminal window (which has nothing to do with Windows *Terminal* Services; rather, as you likely already know, the Terminal in Ubuntu is similar to the Command Prompt in Windows; you can open a Terminal window by going to Applications > Accessories > Terminal or pressing Ctrl+Alt+T) and running the command:

sudo apt-get update; sudo apt-get install xrdp

To run a command, paste it in (or type it in exactly) and press enter. When you run that command, you may be prompted for your password. As you enter it, you won't see any placeholder characters (like *). That's OK -- just type it in and press enter.

That might succeed at installing xrdp. If not, then you can select all the text in the Terminal (Edit > Select All), copy it to the clipboard (Edit > Copy), and paste it here, which should provide some information to help figure out why it's not installing.