XRDP through Middle-Man Server

[antimattercrusader]

Hello,
I have a Raspberry PI connected to a cellular hotspot on an unmanned vehicle and would like to be able to access it via Remote Desktop or similar.

- I was able to get TeamViwer working on my RPI2/3, but it doesn't work on the RPI0 without using something like Exagear which I don't want to use, AND I'd rather not rely on the 3rd party.
- I got XRDP and VNC to work, but local network only. I can get it to work through my router as well, I know how to forward ports.

However, on a cellular connection with no outside IP and one which changes frequently, I'd like to find a server type solution, such as Teamviewer but which works with RPI0 and where I own the server. I have a number of Amazon EC2 instances with static IPs which I could use.

Does anyone know how to direct XRDP to point to a static IP, and I can then point my remote desktop client there? Or anything similar? I'm a bit out of my league here,any help is appreciated.

[topguy]

Either you can use a cloud service like wylodrin ( https://projects.wyliodrin.com/wiki/boa ... aspberrypi)

Or you can try to use SSH tunneling, so that the raspberry opens a ssh connection to a server you control and then the tunnel will make you able to able to connect to the Raspberry via a port on the server.
Its similar to creating a VPN service that the Raspberry automatically connects to,.

In all three cases its the Raspberry that has to initiate the connection because it is the unit behind the GSM/3G providers firewall/NAT.

[fruitoftheloom]

Hello,
I have a Raspberry PI connected to a cellular hotspot on an unmanned vehicle and would like to be able to access it via Remote Desktop or similar.

- I was able to get TeamViwer working on my RPI2/3, but it doesn't work on the RPI0 without using something like Exagear which I don't want to use, AND I'd rather not rely on the 3rd party.
- I got XRDP and VNC to work, but local network only. I can get it to work through my router as well, I know how to forward ports.

However, on a cellular connection with no outside IP and one which changes frequently, I'd like to find a server type solution, such as Teamviewer but which works with RPI0 and where I own the server. I have a number of Amazon EC2 instances with static IPs which I could use.

Does anyone know how to direct XRDP to point to a static IP, and I can then point my remote desktop client there? Or anything similar? I'm a bit out of my league here,any help is appreciated.

Why not use VNC Connect ?

https://www.raspberrypi.org/blog/get-ba ... c-connect/

[antimattercrusader]

Hello,
I have a Raspberry PI connected to a cellular hotspot on an unmanned vehicle and would like to be able to access it via Remote Desktop or similar.

- I was able to get TeamViwer working on my RPI2/3, but it doesn't work on the RPI0 without using something like Exagear which I don't want to use, AND I'd rather not rely on the 3rd party.
- I got XRDP and VNC to work, but local network only. I can get it to work through my router as well, I know how to forward ports.

However, on a cellular connection with no outside IP and one which changes frequently, I'd like to find a server type solution, such as Teamviewer but which works with RPI0 and where I own the server. I have a number of Amazon EC2 instances with static IPs which I could use.

Does anyone know how to direct XRDP to point to a static IP, and I can then point my remote desktop client there? Or anything similar? I'm a bit out of my league here,any help is appreciated.

Why not use VNC Connect ?

https://www.raspberrypi.org/blog/get-ba ... c-connect/

Ah! Because I was not aware of this solution. Perfect. Thank you very much! Works like a charm.