Remote Access

Post by **corpse** » Fri Aug 05, 2005 1:28 am

For accessing a computer remotely, AND wanting a free program, is something like VNC good or are there others that you guys have tried and liked.

Post by **^misantropia^** » Fri Aug 05, 2005 2:02 am

Depends. I usually use SSH to log into remote boxes but that's CLI only. If you want access to the desktop, VNC is arguably the way to go.

Post by **corpse** » Fri Aug 05, 2005 2:27 am

And if your running XP with the firewall, I guess it would need to be turned off.

And if the computer was behind a router, it wouild need to be bypassed?

Post by **^misantropia^** » Fri Aug 05, 2005 3:00 am

You don't need to turn off the hardware/software firewall but you will need to open the port(s) it uses.

Post by **Tormentius** » Fri Aug 05, 2005 3:24 am

XP's Pro's built-in client is excellent. Here is how you can set it up with the web connection.

The port it needs on your router or firewall is 3389 TCP.

Iif you're connecting to an XP box I don't think VNC is as good as whats already there but for other OS' VNC is great.

Post by **corpse** » Fri Aug 05, 2005 3:42 am

Is this for Home and Pro, Tormentius?

Thanks for your help!

Post by **Tormentius** » Fri Aug 05, 2005 4:47 am

Its only for Pro. You can request remote assistance with Home but not connect via RDP.

Post by **bork[e]** » Fri Aug 05, 2005 5:26 pm

Never had one problem with Window's Remote desktop, have streamed countless hours of music, installed and downloaded many apps...and whenever someone posts a link to a site that is blocked by the sonic wall here...remote desktop to the call.

But I do have a question, when you transfer a file that is even remotely large in size, you can forget about accessing your "remote" computer until the transfer is done.

What would you guys say the best app for this is?

Post by **corpse** » Sat Aug 06, 2005 2:37 am

Tormentius wrote:Its only for Pro. You can request remote assistance with Home but not connect via RDP.

How do you request it?

Post by **ilumos** » Sat Aug 06, 2005 3:09 am

Via MSN Messenger afaik. There may be other ways that I'm not aware of. Of course remote assistance reuires the PC being connected to, to have a request sent out, so you need someone at the remote PC, which isnt ideal in most cases.

And yes, the remote access stuff that ships with XP is damn fine. I've had it working on a W2K box belive it or not. Copy the associated files from an XP Pro machine (C:\WINDOWS\System32\mstsc.exe, mstax.dll and others) to the System32 directory of a W2K machine, or maybe a XP home machine. Have a play.

Post by **Tormentius** » Sat Aug 06, 2005 6:16 am

ilumos wrote:Via MSN Messenger afaik. There may be other ways that I'm not aware of.

Yup. The other way is via email. Run a Help search on it and it will tell you how.