[Software] Best RDP that Optimized for WiFi? (bonus for if UWP)

I need you help to find a Remote Desktop Program (general purpose) that optimized for local wifi network connection speed so that I can use my Windows tablet at home as thin client to my desktop workstation.

An ideal application for this use would be that it need not go through a third party remote server to connect, has consistent Steam In-Home Streaming level of quality or better due to optimization but for general purpose (aka. not only stream games, but desktop, applications, videos and etc.), added bonus for if it is an UWP (so can be use with Win10S and other Windows sub platforms, e.g W10M), and/or end-to-end encryption.

I would not mind to pay a little for it, as long as if it is a reasonable price (less than $50 per install license/ less than $10 per annual) as long as it meets the above requirements. Thanks.

Conversation 4 comments

  • hrlngrv

    Premium Member
    21 June, 2017 - 10:49 am

    <p>2 preliminaries. Your employer has no problem with this? Your work PC is visible to the whole Internet as an individual PC?</p><p>If the answer to the former is NO, you want us to help get you fired?</p><p>If the answer to the latter is NO, any RDP solutions would have to come from your employer.</p>

    • Nonmoi

      21 June, 2017 - 11:46 am

      <blockquote><a href="#127319"><em>In reply to hrlngrv:</em></a></blockquote><p>"Windows tablet at HOME"… I thought I made this clear, but let me clarify this again, this is for home and personal use only. I can assure you that I have many use cases for this, and none of them are related to work. The host (workstation/gaming pc) and the client(NSP) are both on the same wifi network, and no traffic will leak over to the internet.</p>

  • maethorechannen

    Premium Member
    21 June, 2017 - 3:38 pm

    <p>I use the built in remote desktop program. It works fine over wifi. MS have UWP versions in the store if you really want UWP. The only downside is that the desktop needs to be running Pro (if you can call that a downside).</p>

    • Nonmoi

      21 June, 2017 - 5:24 pm

      <blockquote><a href="#128432"><em>In reply to maethorechannen:</em></a></blockquote><p>Yeah, I used the build in RDP and then Teamviewer on exclusive mode (not connect to internet, no using Teamviewer id) for many years. But the problem with these type of RDPs is that they are not optimized for local wifi use, so the experience is on par of a over the internet remote section with significant lags despite the local network has 10x or even 100x bandwidth (theoretical). I grow envy of what Steam In-Home Streaming, Chromecast, and Duet Display can do (while the last one is actually a cabled solution, so equivalent should be something optimized for over Ethernet remote sections), and has been on a quest to find something that is specifically optimized for local wifi network for quite a few years now…</p>

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