OT: pcanywhere versus gotomypc ??

If one of these is sold by Norton Lambert (my old company), I would use that one. Their product testing is quite extensive.

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Note that if you use WinXP as the "home" host machine, you don't need either. The terminal services client is a free download.

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A free VNC implementation that works well and fast is TightVNC, described and available at

If both ends are TightVNC, it can use a compressed version of the protocol for improved performance over slow links. (From far away, many links become slow.)

The VNC protocol is readily tunneled (thru SSH or other tunneling protocols) to provide secure access to a computer.

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I don't use XP and am reluctant to begin using it... I'm not fond of software that "calls home" ;-)

...Jim Thompson

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I love to cook with wine.      Sometimes I even put it in the food.

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We used Norton Lambert Close-Up for many years. It's professional software, and I highly recommend it.

I went to their website and read the comparison between PCanywhere and Close-Up. Looks like there IS no comparison!

Interesting! Though I don't have any need for multiple users, the other comparisons are quite impressive!

...Jim Thompson

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I love to cook with wine.      Sometimes I even put it in the food.

I think you should have gone to your son-in-law (or whoever the software guru is in your family) and asked him to eveluate PCanywhere, etc. You still should.

So far, three different version of VNC have been recommended. And it looks like all of them are crippleware of sorts, you get the free version with limited features and have to pay for the full featured version with encryption, etc.

I just wonder what the diff is between th three, and which is better than the others. The cross platform has some value, but most of them will end up on Windoze machines. I think back in 1998, we used an earlier version on a classroom of Macs. The instructor was trying to slave all of them to his Mac, and it didn't work very well so he stopped and went back to the video projector.

Oldest son. Sons-in-law are a bean counter at Honeywell and a lead prosecutor in Yuma County... presently investigating that 6-person murder that's making the national news.

I believe that the oldest son uses PCanywhere, but I've far pickier than he... I'm a user, he's only a programmer ;-)

I liked the speed numbers that Norton-Lambert bragged.

[snip]

...Jim Thompson

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|  Analog Innovations, Inc.                         |     et      |
|  Analog/Mixed-Signal ASIC\'s and Discrete Systems  |    manus    |
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I love to cook with wine.      Sometimes I even put it in the food.

VNC has a free version and has been around quite a bit.

Robert

Also see UltraVNC at

Freeware and quite good. They're using it at my workplace and I also have a copy at home for my own little network.

- YD.

Tightvnc and Openvpn work well together.

I believe you can set the windows client up to be the server. And you can tunnel in from another client.

Cheers

[snip] [snip]

Turns out that the oldest son recommends "netop" or "ultravnc".

...Jim Thompson

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|  James E.Thompson, P.E.                           |    mens     |
|  Analog Innovations, Inc.                         |     et      |
|  Analog/Mixed-Signal ASIC\'s and Discrete Systems  |    manus    |
|  Phoenix, Arizona            Voice:(480)460-2350  |             |
|  E-mail Address at Website     Fax:(480)460-2142  |  Brass Rat  |
|       http://www.analog-innovations.com           |    1962     |
             
I love to cook with wine.      Sometimes I even put it in the food.