Set a static IP in your router/dhcp server.
Are you actually on a domain or are you just adding in a domain name?
I can't access my router due to ISP policy. Some tools do allow connecting to the name.local format (Vinagre did for example, but that one has other bugs so I gave up on it) so I'm starting to think that's actually just a problem with Remmina, not a general Linux issue.
Not sure what you mean by the domain question, I do have a domain specified if i check the windows machine pc properties so I'm guessing I am actually in one?
What is that domain? Is it the pc name?
If you don’t know, then you’re not in a domain.
Go to your windows machine and look at your ip settings.
The router will be giving you an ip address like 192.168.1.X
odds are good that the router has a section in the low range of x that is still accessible but not under dhcp (don’t use 1 !!!)
You can set yourself a static ip in that range.
As for your login, use a period as your domain.
.\myusername
I'll give it a try, thanks. Maybe I was just messing around with domains too much, could be that part is more strictly defined here compared to win
In windows they have some fuzzy logic they don’t tell you about and hide from you.
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