LKBEN10619: Howto connect with RDP via command line and mstsc on a non standard port
LKB | Created: 02/04/2020 | Version: 0 | Language: EN | Rating: 0 | Outdated: False | Marked for deletion: False
Author: Wim Peeters - Keskon GmbH & Co. KG
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!
About the Author
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 in different European countries and different European languages. He writes knowledge base articles to solve IT problems and publishes them on the Lubby Knowledge Platform where he is one of the most important contributors and the main developer.