Web Based Remote Computer Access Advice

Which web based (no software installed other than on the host PC) remote computer access system would you reccomend? I have looked at GoToMyPC so far and can’t seem to find prices for it.

Please advise.

Try this http://www.tightvnc.com/

Never used it though, but I would love to hear your experience with it, (if you use it)

regards,

zi

Thanks for the link but it does not seem to have a web interface (a neccessity since the location where I will need to access my PC from blocks software installs on their PC’s)

www.logmein.com
works great for me and its free

WOW !

LogmeIn seems very cool system !

Thanks for sharing Dimmy !

regards,
zi

Pretty pricey, though. Here’s one link of some that might do the job.

http://www.snapfiles.com/shareware/network/swremote.html

But if you do not have a global ip (behind a router where you have no acces to)
SWRemote wil not work

logmein alway’s works and is secure tunnel connection (only works on windhoos..)

Quote from: Mark at Sep 09, 2005, 01:34 AM

Thanks for the link but it does not seem to have a web interface (a neccessity since the location where I will need to access my PC from blocks software installs on their PC’s)

Actually...TightVNC does have a web interface. By default, it’s set to port 5800...so the web address would be http://yourip:5800. It’s Java-based but works pretty good. My little Linux server already has TightVNC installed and it works great! I’m pretty sure it’ll work great on Windows too. Takes a little time to get started...but it works nice!

If you’re using Windows XP Professional, you can take advantage of XP’s Remote Desktop feature. And, yes, there’s a web interface for it as well...but it’s not installed by default. To use a web interface with Remote Desktop, you have to install IIS (Internet Information Services) with the Remote Desktop Web Connection service (located under World Wide Web Service in the Windows Component Wizard). The default address is http://yourip/tsweb/ Here’s a page that explains alot of it: http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/networking/expert/northrup_03may16.mspx

Those are probably the top two free solutions. As far as not-so-free solutions, I’ve had good luck with Symantec pcAnywhere...which unfortunately isn’t cheap! The VNC based ones (RealVNC, TightVNC, UltraVNC, etc.) are probably your best shot. Also, keep this in mind...with most of the VNC solutions, you don’t have to install any software to get a decent client! In fact, just about all of them have a stand-alone executable that will allow you to use a client without any installation...just run the EXE! VNC is a little more work...but it’s generally more stable than anything else I’ve seen.

Jeff, any way to get RDC running on XP Home? Behind a DSL line that might change IP on occassion?

I need a similar solution but to be able to access an XP box from an OS X Machine, so RDC is attractive, as are numerous of the VNC flavors.

Quote from: rthrash at Sep 09, 2005, 08:31 AM

Jeff, any way to get RDC running on XP Home? Behind a DSL line that might change IP on occassion?

I need a similar solution but to be able to access an XP box from an OS X Machine, so RDC is attractive, as are numerous of the VNC flavors.

Unfortunately, RDC is only available on XP Pro. VNC is probably your best choice for XP Home. As for the IP changes...that’s easy! Go to http://www.no-ip.com/ and sign-up for a free domain to point to your computer. They have client software that will work with Windows, Mac, and Linux. I’ve been using it for about a year now and have had no problems.