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    Zerotier on RDS servers?

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    rdp zerotier vpn rds windows windows server 2012 r2 windows server 2016
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    • siringoS
      siringo
      last edited by scottalanmiller

      I've been having trouble getting Zerotier to work on RDS servers.

      I'm using the current client version and installing it on 2012R2 and 2016 RDS servers.

      In the Zerotier management console, the Zerotier client says that it is connected and gets a Zerotier IP address and reports a status of OK.

      The client has been authorised and shows as online, however I can't ping or RDP to the RDS server.

      Thanks for any help.

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      • JaredBuschJ
        JaredBusch @siringo
        last edited by

        @siringo Did you allow that IP for incoming connections?

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        • siringoS
          siringo @JaredBusch
          last edited by

          @JaredBusch said in Zerotier on RDS servers?:

          @siringo Did you allow that IP for incoming connections?

          Sorry, do you mean, on the RDS server, allow the Zerotier IP address assigned to the RDS server access? Or allow the Zerotier IP address assigned to my PC, incoming access to the RDS server?

          Thanks.

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          • brandon220B
            brandon220 @siringo
            last edited by

            @siringo Try using the IP that Zerotier assigned to the server you want to connect to.

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            • siringoS
              siringo @brandon220
              last edited by

              @brandon220 said in Zerotier on RDS servers?:

              @siringo Try using the IP that Zerotier assigned to the server you want to connect to.

              Yep, that's what I'm doing.

              I have 3 ZT networks, my laptop is connected to all of them. I can RDP into physical servers and VMs, but not RDS servers.

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              • DashrenderD
                Dashrender
                last edited by

                I haven't setup RDS in ages...

                I'm not sure if RDS works like DNS on Windows, by you can choose which IPs DNS responds on, perhaps RDS has the same ability.

                Also, have you checked the firewall settings? You said you can't ping, that's my first thought.

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                • brandon220B
                  brandon220 @siringo
                  last edited by

                  @siringo Understood. I would check the firewall settings too like @Dashrender mentions. Had the same issue on some Hyper-V hosts. Even though it was RDP enabled in the SCONFIG menu, it still had to be manually opened via Powershell.

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                  • siringoS
                    siringo
                    last edited by

                    weird.
                    I've opened windows firewall to icmp v4 in and out and still no replies from the ZT address.
                    The ZT virtual adaptor was configured to use a supplied IP address, but the address and mask fields were empty.
                    I put in the correct ZT IP address & mask, went into the ZT client systray app, disconnected and reconnected and it all looked spot on.
                    Then I looked at IPCONFIG and saw this:
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                    • dbeatoD
                      dbeato @siringo
                      last edited by

                      @siringo What if you enter the IP address statically on that adapter in Windows?

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                      • siringoS
                        siringo @dbeato
                        last edited by

                        @dbeato said in Zerotier on RDS servers?:

                        @siringo What if you enter the IP address statically on that adapter in Windows?

                        Hey thanks for the reply, yep tried that. Still didn't work, but what it did do was create another virtual adapter.

                        I think there's something deeper going on here. It must reply to pings at the least, I'll get that going & see where I end up.

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                        • siringoS
                          siringo
                          last edited by

                          Sorted this out.
                          For some reason the install was setting Allow Global IP and Allow Default Route.
                          Once I unticked these and ticked All Managed IP it all began working.

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