Sketchrender Posted October 24, 2007 Share Posted October 24, 2007 I am looking for an alternative to remote desktop, as it does not perform, and VNC is not secure enough for our company servers. Can somebody suggest a better secure option for working remotley on models , viewing, setting up renders , and general use over distance. thank you . I have two screens by the way, and would like to this work also. phil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghan Posted October 24, 2007 Share Posted October 24, 2007 Citrix? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
See3D.be Posted October 24, 2007 Share Posted October 24, 2007 Depending on the use, maybe you can try Webex. http://www.webex.com I use it show work, or I can use it to work remote on other pcs. Way faster then VNC in showing DirectX applications. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sketchrender Posted October 24, 2007 Author Share Posted October 24, 2007 I have had a look at the website. Can you send me the link to direct area you use, it's a big website. thank you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
See3D.be Posted October 24, 2007 Share Posted October 24, 2007 They offer many solution I use meetmenow http://www.webex.com/individual/index.html Or the full feature http://www.webex.com/smb/web-meeting.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Mottle Posted October 24, 2007 Share Posted October 24, 2007 you could also try http://gotomypc.com as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazy Homeless Guy Posted October 24, 2007 Share Posted October 24, 2007 when you complete your research on which to do, could you post your results, and which you chose and why? ...just curious. i remote into my work computer, but i would like to set up a way to remote into home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Mottle Posted October 24, 2007 Share Posted October 24, 2007 when you complete your research on which to do, could you post your results, and which you chose and why? ...just curious. i remote into my work computer, but i would like to set up a way to remote into home. You can remote into your home PC with Remote desktop. You just need to ensure that port 3389 is open to allow access. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chad Warner Posted October 24, 2007 Share Posted October 24, 2007 you could also try http://gotomypc.com as well. Is this the app you use, Jeff? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Mottle Posted October 24, 2007 Share Posted October 24, 2007 Is this the app you use, Jeff? No I use remote desktop for everything. Accessing the CGA servers, my personal home server, accessing my workstation etc. I use RD to access my servers remotely while travelling and also when I am working upstairs in my house and want to access my workstation in my office. I do occasionally find that RD craps out if my workstations needs rebuilding, like now. Otherwise it's been pretty solid. I think I tried G2MPC a few years ago, but I just did not see the benefit given RDP is free. The only advantage I can see is that they support accessing systems with dual monitor configurations, but now that I have a single 30" it's not a problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazy Homeless Guy Posted October 24, 2007 Share Posted October 24, 2007 the only problem i see remoting into my computer is that i don't have a static IP. however, i do know there are apps out there that will monitor your ip, and you can have it write a text file to your website when it changes so that you would have access to it when away if need be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Mottle Posted October 24, 2007 Share Posted October 24, 2007 the only problem i see remoting into my computer is that i don't have a static IP. however, i do know there are apps out there that will monitor your ip, and you can have it write a text file to your website when it changes so that you would have access to it when away if need be. I have a dynamic IP as well, but it very rarely changes unless my ISP does hardware upgrades. If you keep a hardware firewall between you and ISP, the firewall will usually hold your IP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sketchrender Posted October 24, 2007 Author Share Posted October 24, 2007 We have tried remote desktop, and on normal viewing of the screen file transfer ect it is ok'ish. For 3D work , panning around a max file from another computer, real vnc is what have used, between offices, ie dublin cork,blastislava. With it's three different viewing options, it really works very weel, and can wow a client when he thinks we do all this on another persons computer in another counrty. But i am looking for something that is secure enough so i can work from home , access our servers, and work from a desktop at home set up renders a, choose views set them up, and set the batch renderer off. Am I asking too much? phil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricardo Eloy Posted October 24, 2007 Share Posted October 24, 2007 I have the same dynamic IP issue here. The only solution I could find was using LogMeIn (logmein.com). It installs a client to your machine and everytime you log on to the internet, it tells a server what is your current real IP. With that, you can log in to the LogMeIn web site and see your machine online, without having to install anything (anything but an ActiveX thing). I use it all the time and it's stable, reliable, fast and free. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Crawford Posted October 24, 2007 Share Posted October 24, 2007 the only problem i see remoting into my computer is that i don't have a static IP. however, i do know there are apps out there that will monitor your ip, and you can have it write a text file to your website when it changes so that you would have access to it when away if need be. Use http://www.dyndns.org Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.C Posted October 25, 2007 Share Posted October 25, 2007 You can remote into your home PC with Remote desktop. You just need to ensure that port 3389 is open to allow access. Hello Jeff, dou you think you could write a small "straightforward" tutorial on how to go about this. I had lost my interest on rd from xp and use sometimes gotomypc but it is not worth paying monthly if I wont use it daily. I've looked around the web for guides to remote desktop using the internet and have come across various links to the microsoft website but either they are too cumbersome or I'm too dumb. So if you find the time I'd greatly appreciate it. thanks JC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Mottle Posted October 25, 2007 Share Posted October 25, 2007 Hello Jeff, dou you think you could write a small "straightforward" tutorial on how to go about this. I had lost my interest on rd from xp and use sometimes gotomypc but it is not worth paying monthly if I wont use it daily. I've looked around the web for guides to remote desktop using the internet and have come across various links to the microsoft website but either they are too cumbersome or I'm too dumb. So if you find the time I'd greatly appreciate it. thanks JC Opening a port in the firewall depends on the type of firewall you have, I'm by no means a firewall expert, so I could not pretend to know how to configure them all. I barely make due trying to figure out my own. I would highly reccomend downloading the free version at www.logmein.com that was suggested earlier. I downloaded and tested yesterday and it works great. Especially if you have multiple computers you want to access on the same LAN with one IP. Previously I had to set up new ports assignments for each computer and special port mapping at the firewall. This is much less complicated. Installs easy and it's free...can't go wrong there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.C Posted October 25, 2007 Share Posted October 25, 2007 Thanks I'll give logmein a try. I have kaspersky firewall, I left the office yesterday and supposedly configured it to allow incoming on the port you mention for the RD service, got home tried it but couldn't make it work. So I'll try logmein when I get home tonight. thank you. JC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Mottle Posted October 25, 2007 Share Posted October 25, 2007 Thanks I'll give logmein a try. I have kaspersky firewall, I left the office yesterday and supposedly configured it to allow incoming on the port you mention for the RD service, got home tried it but couldn't make it work. So I'll try logmein when I get home tonight. thank you. JC Oh, I probably know why. You need to right click on "My computer" and go to properties. Then go to the "Remote" tab. Click the check box to "allow users to connect remotely to this computer" That should work then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.C Posted October 26, 2007 Share Posted October 26, 2007 logme in free is very nice, I even rebooted the host pc and it came back online. Now I just need a faster internet connection it seems that my cable connection both @ home and office isn't enough to really be able to use this for actual work but I think monitoring the rendering and tweaking final settings is very doable with my current connection. Thanks for the advice on logmein for free and it works great. JC Only thing that I would miss from the pro version is the drag and drop option. I even logged to the other pcs on the local network thru local RD and using logme in as host on the main workstation. Ok I'm excited, this is really cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Mottle Posted October 26, 2007 Share Posted October 26, 2007 I did find one issue with Logmein. Unlike Remote desktop which automatically resizes the screen resolution when you select full screen, I could not seem to get it to work with my Mac Book Pro. There was no resolution in the drop down list that was the same aspect ratio, so it either had to pan and scan or there were black areas around the screen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricardo Eloy Posted October 26, 2007 Share Posted October 26, 2007 Weird... it normally does resize the remote desktop automatically. I use to access my notebook (widescreen) from my PC at work (4:3) and Logmein resizes it. When I ask for full screen it makes me pan the screen, but that's all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Mottle Posted October 26, 2007 Share Posted October 26, 2007 Weird... it normally does resize the remote desktop automatically. I use to access my notebook (widescreen) from my PC at work (4:3) and Logmein resizes it. When I ask for full screen it makes me pan the screen, but that's all. yeah it will pan for me, but that's what I don't like. Remote desktop automatically adjusts everything, but I suppose that is becuase it has direct access to the OS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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