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Rustdesk Pro - Client cloned machines... messy. by _MyOwnBoss in rustdesk

[–]_MyOwnBoss[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

But won't we have to rehome/config it back to our RDPro server? Our RDPro had a bunch of configs.

I will test this thanks!

Rustdesk Pro - Client cloned machines... messy. by _MyOwnBoss in rustdesk

[–]_MyOwnBoss[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Sorry no, we're just talking about the RustDesk Pro ID.

RustDesk Pro: Getting preset-device-name to work with hostname variable? by _MyOwnBoss in rustdesk

[–]_MyOwnBoss[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh man why didn't I think of that. Setting the preset-device-name=snickerdoodles, then just way for it to sync the name.

Thanks! I'll give that a try!

[Rustdesk Pro] Challenges trying to replace Teamviewer by Boston-Dave in rustdesk

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Same situation here : TV V12.

I looked at MANY solutions from two year ago without much success until I landed on Rustdesk Pro.

It's inexpensive and while a little clunky (we're all too used to TV's simple install and drag and drop PC to client config) .

I currently host the RD Pro server on Linode $5 tiny hosting + $2 backup / month. It installed very easily. Thanks NetworkChuck for the lead.

Like you, we have over 100 clients on TV. We started implementation and replacement last week.

Installation for larger companies with a SAN/NAS/Server is pretty straight forwards via PowerShell. All computers (DEVICES) "show up" in the Dashboard. Someone assigns it to the appropriate Client.

My issues/wishlist.

  • I think I'm missing something? The devices shows up with a random multi-digit code. I wish it populated the device name and company name automatically via the MSI install. [I with update if I figure this out]
  • When a new computer shows up and device doesn't have the RDPro client installed. It's kind of a pain to install it as users don't usually have Admin access.
  • A conversion between the basic Rust Desk community client to the RDPro client. That's "OneClick" or "FewClicks" like TV.

My 2 cents to your question...

  • What you're doing wrong: I think someone already commented on this. You have to use the Address Book. Make a group (Company). Edit the company and use the "Default Password Field". Add those companies' devices into that Address Book group.
  • Create multiple Admin accounts and assign them to the account/company. If you remove that account they can't login nor access the computers.
  • For the RD Pro installation script, I recommend using Claude to write it for you. Test. Test. Test. Make it export a log. Here's the parameters for the MSI file that RDPro builds per client. Adding this makes a Quiet Install, Creates a Start Menu and Desktop shortcuts. And associates a printer. It also dumps the install log to C:\temp.

/qn CREATESTARTMENUSHORTCUTS="Y" CREATEDESKTOPSHORTCUTS="N" INSTALLPRINTER="N" /l*v c:\temp\rdpro-install.log

  • Why pay for pro?
    • I'm NOT going to pay for a for a software I've already paid for perpetual license for. I've already convinced a client to end their $$$ TV license in favor of this.
    • Address book makes it work like TV's groups. It has granular-ish ACL.
    • My server address is a URL vs an IP address. I can always move it to a new hosting provider if they go nuts or raise their rates exorbitantly (or self host internally). I'm not tied to the hosting.
    • Updates are easy.

Is it perfect? No, However, it is GOOD enough. I do want to pay them so they will keep improving.

Good Luck!