1. Is Remote Desktop Sharing enabled? Here are some instructions.

2. Note down your IP address (for example in your groups Wiki page or check via

ipconfig

or https://proxy.pkm.physik.tu-darmstadt.de

(IPKM IP addresses start with 192.168.1xx for Office PCs or 192.168.2xx for Lab PCs.)

3. Enable Ping on the Windows PC (makes it easier to test):

netsh advFirewall Firewall add rule name=”Rule name” protocol=icmpv4: 8, any dir=in action=allow

2. Output of

ipconfig /all
route print

Your external IP address: https://proxy.pkm.physik.tu-darmstadt.de

3. Is the OpenVPN connection working? Test by pinging the server:

C:\>ping 192.168.40.1
  pinging 192.168.40.1 [192.168.40.1] with 32 bytes of data:
  Reply from 192.168.40.1: bytes=32 time=101ms TTL=124
  Reply from 192.168.40.1: bytes=32 time=100ms TTL=124
  ...

4. Can you reach your PC?

ping 192.168.1xx # your Office PCs IP address