Remote desktop to Windows Home - from anywhere
Windows Home cannot be a remote desktop host. Francesca shows the way around: a VNC server on the PC, Awacino on the phone - here an Android phone - and a VNC client. No VPN and no open port.
Step by step
Step 1Install a VNC server
Windows Home has no remote desktop server built in. Install a VNC server on the PC, for example RealVNC Server, and let it start with Windows.
Step 2Set a VNC password
Set a VNC password for the server. You enter it later on your phone.
Step 3Connect with Awacino
On your phone, open Awacino, tap Connect on your PC and beam into its network. The phone gets an address in your home network, and Awacino shows the IP address of the PC - tap the copy icon next to it.
Step 4Connect with a VNC client
Install a VNC client, for example RDM (Remote Desktop Manager). Add a VNC connection, paste the IP address as the host, enter your VNC password and tap Connect.
Step 5Your desktop
There is your desktop - from anywhere, on mobile data or in a hotel Wi-Fi, without opening a port on your router.
Why this way
A VNC server is the simple way for Windows Home. Awacino adds the way in from outside.
No open port
Your router stays closed. The remote desktop port is only reachable inside your network - and your phone is in that network through the beam.
No VPN server
Nothing to set up on the router, no VPN gateway, no dynamic DNS. Awacino finds the direct, end-to-end encrypted path by itself.
Your usual app
You keep the remote desktop app you like. Awacino only gives your phone an address inside your home network, so the app connects as if you were at home.