LKBEN10619: Howto connect with RDP via command line and mstsc on a non standard port

Symptom

You cannot connect because the default port has been changed for security reasons

Cause

Works as designed

Solution

RDP stands for remote desktop protocoll. You connect from the command line with the following command:

mstsc /v:lubbyserver:<your-new-port>

The default port is 3389. You can check this with the following:

mstsc /v:lubbyserver:3389

With the parameter /f the client will start in full screen mode. You can open a command line console with /console

mstsc /v:lubbyserver:2220 /console

You should have altered the port on 2220 before!

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About the Author

Author: Wim Peeters - Keskon GmbH & Co. KG

Wim Peeters is electronics engineer with an additional master in IT and over 30 years of experience, including time spent in support, development, consulting, training and database administration. Wim has worked with SQL Server since version 6.5. He has developed in C/C++, Java and C# on Windows and Linux. He writes knowledge base articles to solve IT problems and publishes them on the Lubby Knowledge Platform.