Dell Wyse ThinLinux 1.0.3 Administrator’s Guide

Configuring and managing RDP connections

The RDP connections page enables you to create and manage the RDP connection. The main RDP page has options to create an RDP connection and modify existing connections:

To configure the RDP Settings complete the following tasks:

Click the + icon to add a new RDP Connection.
The RDP Connections page is displayed.
Figure 1. RDP Connection Settings
Enter the name of the RDP connection.

Configure the following tasks in the Login tab.

Figure 2. RDP Login Settings

Table 1. RDP login settings. The following table lists the different parameters
Parameter	Description
Server	Enter the IP address or FQDN of the RDP server to which you want to establish a connection.
Username	Enter the Username to log in to the RDP Server.
Password	Enter the Password to log in to the RDP Server.
Domain	Enter the Domain to log in to the RDP Server.
Use RD Gateway	Select to enable and configure an RD Gateway to connect to your remote computers, if required by your network administrator and then do one of the following: To configure the RD Server, and then Use Remote Desktop Credentials for RD Gateway—Enter the RD Server IP address or URL of the Remote Desktop Gateway server, and then select the Use Remote Desktop credentials for RD Gateway check box, if the server credentials are the same credentials as your RDP host remote computer credentials. To configure the RD Server, and then Manually enter RD User Name, RD Password, RD Domain—Enter the RD Server IP address or URL of the Remote Desktop Gateway server. Clear the Use Remote Desktop credentials for RD Gateway check box and then manually enter the Username, Password, and Domain of the RD Gateway server, if required. NOTE: An RD Gateway server is a type of gateway that enables authorized users to connect to remote computers on a corporate network from any computer with an Internet connection. An RD Gateway server enables Remote Desktop connections to a corporate network from the Internet without having to set up virtual private network (VPN) connections. Ask your network administrator whether you need to specify an RD Gateway server.
RemoteApp	Enter the Remote Application name.
Application Command Line	Enter the command line for the program on the server.
Working Directory	Enter the Working Directory for the program. NOTE: Working Directory is applicable only for Server Connections.
Ping Before Connect	Click the ON/OFF button to enable or disable this option. If enabled, the connection is checked before connecting to a session.
Auto-Connect after login	Click the ON/OFF button to enable or disable this option. If enabled, the connection is automatically established after you log in to your thin client.
Auto-reconnect after disconnect	Click the ON/OFF button to enable or disable this option. If enabled, the connection is automatically re-established after you disconnect from the session. If the Auto-reconnect option is enabled, you must enter the Delay duration (in seconds) when you reconnect to the session. The default time duration is 30 seconds.
Notify when disconnected	Click the ON/OFF button to enable or disable this option. It notifies when the connection is disconnected.
Network Level Authentication (NLA)	Click the ON/OFF button to enable or disable this option. Enable the Network Level Authentication (NLA), if NLA is enabled on your remote computer. Your remote computer requires NLA user authentication before you establish a full Remote Desktop connection and the login screen is displayed.
Smart card login	Click the ON button to enable smart card login to the thin client. The User Name, Password, and Domain are not required.

The following options can be configured in the Experience tab.

Figure 3. RDP Experience Settings

Figure 4. RDP Experience Settings

Table 2. RDP Experience Settings . The following table lists the different parameters:
Parameter	Description
Window Resolution	Select the Windows resolution you can use to get the best display on your monitor. The available options are: Default 640X480 800X600 1024X768 1280X1024 1600X1200 Full Screen
Colors	Specifies the number of colors to display for each pixel. Select the session color mode to get the faster display performance on your monitor. The available options are: High Color (15 bit) High Color (16 bit) True Color (24 bit) Best Quality (32 bit)
Speed Level	Select a speed level to describe the network connection. Modem Broadband LAN Custom
Sounds	Select the relevant option from the drop-down list. You can choose to redirect the audio on the remote session to the local device, or not allow the audio to play on the remote session on the local device, or leave the audio playing on the remote session. Off Local Remote
Encryption Level	Select an encryption level, either Normal or None. For servers with data encryption settings, you must select Normal for the encryption level. NOTE:
Wallpaper	Click the ON/OFF button to enable or disable this option.
Font Smoothing	Click the ON/OFF button to enable or disable this option.
Menu and Window Animation	Click the ON/OFF button to enable or disable this option.
Remote FX	Click the ON/OFF button to enable or disable this option.
Show window content while dragging	Click the ON/OFF button to enable or disable this option. This option shows the window content when the user drags the window on screen.
Subsampling	Click the ON/OFF button to enable or disable this option. It enables color space conversion required for Chroma subsampling. Chroma Subsampling is the practice of encoding/compressing images for a higher transmission experience.
Grab Keyboard Events	Click the ON/OFF button to enable or disable this option. It enables all keyboard events within the connection window to be sent to the connection’s applications.
Compression	Click the ON/OFF button to enable or disable this option.
Low Bandwidth	Click the ON/OFF button to enable or disable this option. If enabled, following options are automatically disabled: Wallpaper Font Smoothing Menu and Window Animation Remote FX Show window content while dragging Subsampling Enables low-bandwidth optimization.
NT4 Compatible	Click the ON/OFF button to enable or disable this option.

Configure the following tasks in the Peripherals tab.
Figure 5. RDP Peripherals Settings
- Drive Mapping: Drive mapping tab is used to share map names on the server to USB mass storage devices attached to the thin client, and to view and manage the list of current server share names including the drive information mapped on the thin client.
1. Enter the share name.
2. The List includes the available drives.
3. The Base path is an entry to a directory within the drive.
4. Click the ON/OFF button to enable or disable the Redirect all USB drives to folders in Share named ‘WyseUSB’ option. If enabled, it redirects all USB drives to folders in Share name WyseUSB. You can redirect all your USB drives such as USB Floppy, USB CDROM, USB Disk or Memory stick, and local or mounted disk to the folders in share name WyseUSB and if this is enabled Individual Drive Mapping is disabled.
- Device Mapping: Device mapping tab is used to map devices to ports on the thin client, and to view and manage the list of current devices that are mapped on the thin client.
1. Select your preferred port devices.
2. Click the ON/OFF button to enable or disable the Forward Printers option.
Click Save to save the changes.

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