LAN RDP Issues

[rhysduck]

Morning...

2 machines (1 laptop on WiFi and 1 PC (RHYSPC) on Ethernet)
Since reinstalling Windows (SAME PC NAME AS PREVIOUS INSTALL) I'm unable to RDP from Laptop to the PC. The RDC connection thinks the PC does not exist on the local network. Router page confirms DHCP lease and i've set a static IP on the machine/router (192.168.1.100)

Both machine are on a Private network.

LAPTOP CONFIG
Wireless Lan Adaptor:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix: lan
IPv4:
Subnet Mask: 255.55.255.0
Default Gateway: 192.168.1.254

NSLOOKUP: RHYSPC
Server: dsldevice.lan
Address: 192.168.1.254

**dsldevice.lan can't find rhyspc: Non-existent domain

I can ping RHYSPC from the laptop and it resolves the correct IP. I can also ping the IP and it resolves the correct hostname.

PC CONFIG

Connection Specific DNS Suffix: lan (this i've manually set in IPv4 config as it wasn't there. It's not there on the laptop either so not sure where the config is pulling it from)
IPv4: 192.168.1.100
Subnet: 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway: 192.168.1.254
Preferred DNS Server: 192.168.1.254

I've flushed DNS on both machines and rebooted.
Turning the firewalls off on both machines doesn't help.
I've cleared previous DHCP leases on the router for the PC.
I can RDP to the laptop from the PC.


Any ideas please?

 

[Moley]

have you tried connecting via ip address instead of dns name?

 

[Showboat]

RDP is not enabled by default!

 

[Semple]

have you tried connecting via ip address instead of dns name?

Was going to be my first suggestion.

Keep it simple first to rule out any connection issues.

 

[Deleted member 77746]

https://networking.grok.lsu.edu/Article.aspx?articleid=18609

 

[rhysduck]

RDP is enabled

 

[Deleted member 77746]

RDP is enabled

You let it through the firewall?

Ignore that, first post says what you have done. Do you have any screenshots of the message you get when rdp'ing?

 

[Quartz]

Router page confirms DHCP lease and i've set a static IP on the machine/router

That doesn't sound right. Try setting a DHCP reservation on your router and setting the PC to DHCP.

 

[Deleted member 77746]

If you set everything to DHCP apart from servers/printers and let it autoconfig it should just work to be fair. Static IPs are usually best with reservations on the DHCP server as above.