# Get RDP Client Session IP address **URL:** \ **Category:** Ignition\ **Created:** [August 28, 2020, 8:58pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/get-rdp-client-session-ip-address/38183 "2020-08-28T20:58:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 2
**Author:** ![pturmel](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/pturmel/32/3295_2.png) [@pturmel](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/pturmel)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2020, 9:05pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/get-rdp-client-session-ip-address/38183/2 "2020-08-28T21:05:40Z")
This was just asked yesterday... > [@I need IP addresses Of Clients but I am using Microsoft Server 2016 With remote desktops On thin clients](http://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/i-need-ip-addresses-of-clients-but-i-am-using-microsoft-server-2016-with-remote-desktops-on-thin-clients/38144): > > In ignition all of my thinclients have the same UserName and IP address. They are all the UserName and Ip address of the Microsoft SQL Server that is running the remote desktop VMs. My problem is that I have an entire line in one project. The customer wants each station of the line to be viewable but locked out. I have been able to use the client folder’s OSUsername to figure out which client is is active, but then I have problems with security and disabling things. I can use the OSUsername to… Does the user environment have any tools from inside the session to identify the real client location? If so, you might be able to pass information into the Ignition client via the launcher's option for parameters to client tags. --- _[View the full topic](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/get-rdp-client-session-ip-address/38183)._