You can also use the shortcut Windows+I
By default, the number is 3389.
After adding the users’ names, click OK to close adding users window. Click OK for Remote Desktop Users to close it. When done, close the Settings window.
Click on the Registry Editor App.
Follow the folders below to expand each one to reach the final folder of “RDP-Tcp” without skipping any of them. HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Terminal Server\WinStations\RDP-Tcp\ Double click the RDP-Tcp folder. Youu will see a number of extensions on the right-side of a section of the window. In the right section, search for the name “PortNumber”. Double click on it, and it will open a new window will pop up called “Edit DWORD (32-bit) Value”.
Press OK after changing the value of port to save it. Close the Registry Editor window and restart your PC.
Click “Next” when done.
This will show the computer’s unique IP address “IPv4” and “Default Gateway Address”. That is the Cable Modem/Router IP address and the “IPv6” IP address. Take note of all these numbers: “IPv4,” “Default Gateway," and “IPv6”. Close the Command Prompt window.
Click on the “Connection” tab. Click on “Devices” to search for your computer name or the IP address “IPv4” that was saved from Command Prompt. Click on the pencil icon of your windows 11 computer to enter the editing mode window.
Click the “Port Forward” tab to show you Port Forward Table.
Under Start Port, type the unique number of the port that you saved. By default, it is “3389. ” In this case, the unique port is “15275” Under End Port, type the same unique port number, default “3389”. Under Type, just choose the option “TCP” or “BOTH”. Under Server IP, insert the computer IP address “IPv4” that you have saved from the “Command Prompt”. Under “Server IPv6”, right-click your mouse and click paste to insert the “IPv6” that you have saved from the “Command Prompt” section. Click on the “Enable” switch button to enable the port forwarding of your Remote Desktop. Click “Save” when done. You can exit your Cable Modem/Router page and close it.
Open any browser and type “what’s my public IP. ” There will be quite a few websites that will provide you with your public IP address “IPv4”. You can use https://whatismyipaddress. com/ to get your public IP address. Take a note of that IP address “IPv4” to use it for the next part. By now, the Remote Desktop feature has been completed and enabled in the Windows 11 Computer.
Click “Connect” to start your connection
You can checkmark the “remember me” if you like this device to remember your credentials
