Apple Remote Desktop – Can Apple Remote Desktop Connect to Windows 10?

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Can i use apple remote desktop to control a windows 10 machine on the same LAN ?

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Why would you want to? To access a Windows 10 machine remotely, download "Microsoft Remote Desktop 10" for free from the Mac App Store. I should note that not all versions of Windows can be accessed remotely using "Microsoft Remote Desktop 10". For example, the Home versions of Windows will not work with this software.

BTW, many modern PCs are "Wake on LAN" (WOL) capable. If the remote PC is capable of this feature, then you do not have to leave the remote PC on all the time. You can allow the PC to enter hybrid or regular sleep mode, then send a packet over the internet to wake the machine. A Terminal application command for doing this is called wolcmd. This command can be downloaded for free from the website: Wake On Lan for Apple Mac OS X 10.6+. I setup a service, so I can issue this command from the menu bar.

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to block: you could have your switches filter ports. though, you might also block vnc if you do 5900.

or to detect, i'd say use something like bonjour browser utility to find services, or nmap to find active ports.

3283 TCP/UDP Net Assistant - net-assistant Apple Remote Desktop 2.0 or later (Reporting feature)

5900 TCP Virtual Network Computing (VNC) (Unregistered Use) - vnc-server Apple Remote Desktop 2.0 or later (Observe/Control feature) Screen Sharing (Mac OS X 10.5 or later)

MacOS – remote desktop to another user on the same machine

ARD into your "work account" and then do the following on the remote computer to open a Screen Sharing window to your "personal account" on the same remote computer.

Create an SSH tunnel. It works for me using 10.9.

Enable Remote Login (SSH) in System Preferences > Sharing, and in Terminal run:

ssh -NL 5901:localhost:5900 localhost

Finally, use Screen Sharing to connect to localhost:5901 (instead of the default port 5900). Instead of port 5901 you can use a much higher port that isn't in use by anything else.

The Screen Sharing application is located here: /System/Library/CoreServices/Screen Sharing.app

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