Remote Desktop Connection domain name?

Do you have a domain? Are you trying to remote into a computer on your Cox network or a different network? Are you o your network or someone elses?  Where/what is asking for a domain?

I'm trying to connect from work to my home PC. Don't have a domain at home. Cox domain is it. Isn't it us.west.cox.net or something similar??

Usually domain is 1 of 4 choices you have to to connect to RDC; computer name, local IP, internet IP, or domain. Under domain it says:

" If you have a dynamic IP address (or you don't want to remember a static address), it's best to use a domain or host name to connect to your Remote Desktop PC. This requires signing up for a service (a few free ones are DynDNS, FreeDNS.afraid.org, and No-IP) and configuring your router with your account details so your host name stays updated when your IP address changes."

If you don't have such a domain, then you don't have one to use. You would use the public/internet IP of your Cox connection, which can be found by going to http://whatismyipaddress.com/ when on your Cox/home internet.

I tried the public IP + my computer name but it gives me an error. (can't use special chars like the backslash) What's the naming convention if using your public IP in conjunction with your computer name?

ky7449 said:
(can't use special chars like the backslash)

As long as your RDC on your home computer is using default port 3389, it should default to that when entering in your IPv4 address. So if your IP is 68.1.2.3 then 68.1.2.3 and 68.1.2.3:3389 should both work, but if the port is 3390, then only 68.1.2.3:3390 will work.  Have you set port forwarding on 3389 and DHCP reservation for your computer? 

That did work but the screen paint was so slow it makes working impossible. I'll stick to Teamviewer and use that method as a backup if need be. Thanks for your assistance.

ky7449 said:
I'll stick to Teamviewer

Teamviewer is much better for casual use, RDC is used more in Enterprise level IT. Teamviewer uses 80 and it's client tracks your IP so you don't need to use DDNS.