From the Windows side (assuming you’re using Windows to connect, considering it’s RDP and not VNC), you can open PowerShell and test to see if the Raspberry Pi is even listening for RDP connections with:

Test-NetConnection x.x.x.x -port 3389

Replace x.x.x.x with the IP address of the Raspberry Pi. If it shows successful, then the Raspberry Pi is listening for RDP connections.

Do you know what RDP package you installed, and what operating system you’re running (Bookworm, Bullseye, etc)? I don’t have a raspberry pi with a desktop to test on, but if you’re using xrdp you could try:

sudo systemctl status xrdp

Does this give any input? If not, then you’ll need to know what package you installed to get RDP, assuming one is still installed even. If it does give you a message it might be a hint as to why it’s not working.

If you get output from the above command you can also try:

sudo journalctl -b | grep -C 2 xrdp

There are much better ways of searching journalctl but I’m a noob too. The -b returns only errors from the last boot time, the -C returns that many lines before and after a match is found.

So that means the router isn’t forwarding the ports to your devices. As others have said, it could be the ISP blocking it or it could be a configuration issue in the port fowarding.

Do you have any service listening on port 80? If not, I’d close it in the firewall and disable the forwarding in the router. Also sounds like a bad idea to set your router security to ‘low’, whatever that means for your router.

You can use a tool like this to check if your ports are accessible from the internet: https://www.yougetsignal.com/tools/open-ports/

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For me it’s that Tumblweed at least uses BTRFS by default, so rolling back to a previous snapshot is a breeze if needed.

Australia isn’t a good representation since it’s compulsory to vote; unless you’re suggesting Canada should enact laws doing the same.

Yes, that’s very different than the ‘pressing your thumb’ like you said in the message I was replying to.

Carving letters into the wood equals ‘pressing his thumb’ to you? Did you even read the article? Regardless, let me ‘press my thumb’ into your forehead and see if you think it’s fine, just let me be.

I tipped him well

I can’t tell if that’s supposed to be sarcasm, but if not you were encouraging his bad behaviour.

I’m happy for them to be posted here and see them, just wanted to mention my experience with the requirements since I don’t have a fanatical account.

It’s not just ‘sign up for a newsletter’ - I just tried, and it’s also ‘register an account and link your steam account’. Maybe this is just how it works for Canadians though, but either way it’s a big enough turn off for me to not bother.

Sounds like you need to familiarise yourself with PowerShell and Group Policy.

This article has nothing of value for any systems engineer unless they’re starting from scratch. Seems like low quality article to sell a product.

Vbox will create a bridge with my wifi card (I’m a laptop user with no option for a wired nic in the host).

I’ve never been able to get kvm to do that and haven’t found any working instructions online that a simpleton like me can follow

You can always try the ‘Contact’ form on the site, it’s not likely anyone here is going to be able to give you good advice

So what is your suggestion for a viable alternative that auditors will also accept?

I’m surprised that no one has commented on the Mastodon post’s author recommending people ‘use a privacy concious browser like Chrome’. What a way to invalidate her arguments

I don’t have a better answer for OP, but telling them to switch distros is also not answering their question at all.

I would highly recommend against installing a pirated version of Windows like BearOfATime suggests (at least via the second link he provided) - it could cause trouble for both you and your school.

And water is wet? This is a universal evil.