RDP is designed to support many different types of Network topologies, such as ISDN, POTS. RDP is also designed to support many LAN protocols, such as IPX, NetBIOS, TCP/IP. The current version of RDP will only run over TCP/IP. With customer feedback, other protocol support may be added in future versions.

What protocol does RDP use?

Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) is a Microsoft proprietary protocol that enables remote connections to other computers, typically over TCP port 3389. It provides network access for a remote user over an encrypted channel.

How does RDP connection work?

Communication in RDP is based on multiple channels, and the protocol theoretically supports up to 64,000 unique channels. The basic functionality of RDP is to transmit a monitor (output device) from the remote server to the client and the keyboard and/or mouse (input devices) from the client to the remote server.