[Thinkpad] OT - Remote Support Software

[Peter Machule]

We / I use ultraVNC a lot.
But I know the IP Address and ports of the machines .

But as the client is likely using WinXP, simply use Remote Assistance ??
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/helpandsupport/learnmore/remoteassist/intro.mspx
Built in and if you initiate the session via MSN messenger  you got around a
lot of NAT and what is
an IP Address ?? type isues.
Firewalls  are another thing !


..peter..




----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Ross" <ross at math.hawaii.edu>
To: "Thinkpad list" <Thinkpad at stderr.org>
Sent: Saturday, February 03, 2007 2:00 PM
Subject: Re: [Thinkpad] OT - Remote Support Software


> > Someone also asked me to look at VNC one click, but I don't know if
> that
> > will work for me if I am roaming...
>
> VNC is great.  I have not used the oneclick variant, but I believe the
> change from regular VNC is that the connection is initiated by the
> server machine, so that your client need not have an ip address visible
> from the outside.  If the sysadmin has the communication port (usually
> 5500) locked down, then it won't work, but this is true for any such
> software, and you have the ability to choose the port.
>
> File uploads across tightVNC (which I use) are fast, but one-at-a-time,
> which is a bit fiddly.  I don't know if UltraVNC is better in this
> regard.  One Click gives you the choice of either of these
> implementations.
>
> David
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