Enable remote desktop in the remote system you wish to connect.Next, you need two more things before you can connect to the remote machine: In my case, the IP address is 192.168.1.14 You might have more things listed here, but the IP address right to 'inet' under an Ethernet connection (you can spot that by the text field link/ether) is what we need. You can also use the terminal and type in the following to get the IP address: ip a In my case, I went to system settings and utilized the graphical user interface Wi-Fi→ Connection settings ( gear icon next to the network connected) to check the IP address. To test this use-case, I tried connecting to my Linux laptop from my Linux desktop computer.īefore connecting, you need to know the IP address of the remote system. Using Remmina to Connect to a Linux Remote Machine (Ubuntu) In simpler terms, your devices should be connected to the same router. The entire setup is tested on and written for systems on the same subnetwork.
