You need
- EPFL computer connecteted to a wired connection (DHCP work)
- OS suporting remote access
- Setup the shared screen mode
- Verify the FireWall
- Verify the alimention settings
- A remote client
- First establish a VPN connection to the EPFL network
- Connect the computer remotely
Wired connection
DHCP mode
To access your PC from outside with DHCP activated, you need to:
- First establish a VPN connection to the EPFL network, then connect to your computer using your Remote Desktop client
- Two possibilities :
- Your computer use Active Directory
- Enter the FQDN (Fully Qualified Domain Name) of your computer; for e.g for a computer in the AD of the STI, stpc25, use the name stpc25.intranet.epfl.ch for your remote desktop connection.
- Your computer don’t use Active Directory
- To know this DNS address, you need to go to this web page (directly from the computer connected to a DHCP wired connection).
https://network.epfl.ch/epnet/dyndns.plThe host name of the device provides by the service will be
Mxxxxxxxxxxxx.dyn.epfl.ch
where the x sequence represents the MAC address written without any semicolons or other separators.You can directly use this address to access to a computer.
For example, assuming that the MAC address is
00-50-56-84-7D-EF
the computer name to use would be
M005056847DEF.dyn.epfl.ch
- To know this DNS address, you need to go to this web page (directly from the computer connected to a DHCP wired connection).
- Your computer use Active Directory