<div>
You can use the following commands. The latter can only be done in PowerShell. 
 
Command Prompt or Powershell: ping -a IPADDRESS 
 
PowerShell: [System.Net.Dns]::GetHostbyAddress(&quot;IPAddress&quot;)
</div>

<div>
I think the author is asking how to get the IP of the remote PC from the remote desktop session on the server. Those 2 commands require the IP of the machine in order to run. 
 
PING -A IPADDRESS, for example, &nbsp;is a reverse lookup. &nbsp;It will give you the name of the system if you know the IP, but he doesn't know the ip.
</div>

<div>
Oops, your right. My bad. Multi-tasking too much. lol 
 
In that case just run the ping command with the hostname (Computer name): 
ping hostname.
</div>

<div>
netstat should give you all established connections. The IPs connected on port 3389 should be your remote desktop clients. 
 
HTH, 
Dan
</div>

<div>
This'll get you the client IP of the current user's session. Can't test on IPv6, though, so you might have to play with the copy start index in line 54 if the address format isn't correct if you're using IPv6. Should work on XP and PS 2.0 or later. 

<pre><code class="code-10 nolinks" id="code-20-41768568-1">If (-not ('WTSApi' -as [Type])) {Add-Type -Language CSharp -TypeDefinition @'
using System;
using System.Runtime.InteropServices;

public class WTSApi
{
	[DllImport(&quot;wtsapi32.dll&quot;)]
	static extern void WTSFreeMemory(IntPtr pMemory);

	[DllImport(&quot;Wtsapi32.dll&quot;)]
	static extern bool WTSQuerySessionInformation(System.IntPtr hServer, int sessionId, WTS_INFO_CLASS wtsInfoClass, out System.IntPtr ppBuffer, out uint pBytesReturned);

	[StructLayout(LayoutKind.Sequential)]
	private struct WTS_CLIENT_ADDRESS
	{
		public int AddressFamily;
		[MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.ByValArray, SizeConst=20)]
		public byte[] Address;
	};

	private enum WTS_INFO_CLASS
	{
		WTSClientAddress = 14
	}

	private enum ADDRESSFAMILY
	{
		AF_UNSPEC = 0,
		AF_INET = 2,
		AF_IPX = 6,
		AF_NETBIOS = 17,
		AF_INET6 = 23
	}
	
	public static string GetSessionIP()
	{
		Int32 WTS_CURRENT_SESSION = -1;
		IntPtr WTS_CURRENT_SERVER_HANDLE = IntPtr.Zero;
		IntPtr WTSClientAddressPtr = IntPtr.Zero;
		string ClientAddress = &quot;&quot;;
		uint bytes = 0;
		WTSQuerySessionInformation(WTS_CURRENT_SERVER_HANDLE, WTS_CURRENT_SESSION, WTS_INFO_CLASS.WTSClientAddress, out WTSClientAddressPtr, out bytes);
		WTS_CLIENT_ADDRESS WTSClientAddress = (WTS_CLIENT_ADDRESS)Marshal.PtrToStructure(WTSClientAddressPtr, typeof(WTS_CLIENT_ADDRESS));
		WTSFreeMemory(WTSClientAddressPtr);
		switch((ADDRESSFAMILY)WTSClientAddress.AddressFamily)
		{
			case ADDRESSFAMILY.AF_UNSPEC:
				break;
			case ADDRESSFAMILY.AF_INET:
				ClientAddress = WTSClientAddress.Address[2] + &quot;.&quot; + WTSClientAddress.Address[3] + &quot;.&quot; + WTSClientAddress.Address[4] + &quot;.&quot; + WTSClientAddress.Address[5];
				break;
			case ADDRESSFAMILY.AF_INET6:
				byte[] IPv6 = new byte[16];
				Array.Copy(WTSClientAddress.Address, 0, IPv6, 0, 16);	// ATTENTION: Microsoft does not document WHERE the 16 bytes of the IPv6 address are located in the 20 byte array (IPv4 starts at byte 2, not 0)!
				ClientAddress = BitConverter.ToString(IPv6);
				break;
			default:
				ClientAddress = BitConverter.ToString(WTSClientAddress.Address);
				break;
		}
		return ClientAddress;
	}
}
'@
}
[WTSApi]::GetSessionIP()
</code></pre>
</div>

<div>
Thanks oBdA, 
 
The solution works :-)
</div>

<div>
<div class="content wysiwyg-content">
Hey 
 
How can I get the IP address of a remote desktop client? (Powershell - running in users context - non-admin) 
 
Thanx in advance 
 
Mike
</div>
</div>

Hey

How can I get the IP address of a remote desktop client? (Powershell - running in users context - non-admin)

Thanx in advance

Mike

How can I get the IP address of a remote desktop client?

Windows PowerShell is a task automation and configuration management framework from Microsoft, consisting of a command-line shell and associated scripting language built on the .NET Framework. PowerShell provides full access to the Component Object Model (COM) and Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI), enabling administrators to perform administrative tasks on both local and remote Windows systems as well as WS-Management and Common Information Model (CIM) enabling management of remote Linux systems and network devices.