RDP Disconnects After Connecting Through an SSH Tunnel in VMware Workstation

Thu, 07 May 2026 00:10:19 +0000

The SSH tunnel looked fine. I could connect to the Windows 11 Pro guest, start an RDP session, and then watch it drop again a short time later. It was the kind of failure that invites a long detour into SSH settings, even though SSH was not the part falling over.

The setup was VMware Workstation on Windows. An Ubuntu Server VM provided the SSH tunnel, and the Windows 11 Pro VM was the RDP target. The tunnel was already established by the time the remote desktop client connected, so this was not an authentication problem or a tunnel that never came up.

Windows 11 - Tag - Dimas Maulana

RDP Disconnects After Connecting Through an SSH Tunnel in VMware Workstation