Remote Desktop Control
Submitted by kuproverto on Wed, 05/07/2008 - 21:16.
If, like me, you are still employed and haven't yet QYDJ, you might find the service provided by gooer.com useful. It's a browser based remote desktop control application which allows you to work on your home PC remotely. The good thing about this solution is no software is installed on the remote PC, it uses the Java version of Real VNC.You have to install software on your home PC but that's not a problem.
Another company to consider is iRemotePC but the reliability has been less than acceptable recently with this application which is why I switched to Gooer.
Gooer costs about $50 per year.
Check out UltraVNC -- it's
Check out UltraVNC -- it's free, open source and does all this *very* well.
In fact, most remote desktop services being sold are actually UltraVNC with a new gui and name (it's legal under the UltraVNC license).
From UltraVNC's website:
"Its embedded Java Viewer allows you to connect (and make File transfers) from a simple Web Browser on any Operating system supporting Java ™ (Linux, Mac OS...) to an UltraVNC server"
Sound familiar? :)
So there's no client app to
So there's no client app to install on the PC you're connecting from, just the server app on the PC you're connecting to? Last time I looked at UltraVNC there were two pieces of software to install to make it work.
I am trying out the WebEx
I am trying out the WebEx PCNow right now, which is a bit more expensive ($13 per month). I am connecting from Windows at work to my Mac at home. The speed is pretty good (I have a cable based internet, but the higher tier that does 500KB/s upload), but I am having trouble using some of the features of the Mac's keyboard remotely. At first I was not able to emulate the Command key, which of course is not available on the PC keyboard. I did figure out that CTRL actually sends Command key to the remote Mac, but now I have no way to press CTRL remotely. I tried support, but they seem to be clueless (told me there is no way to press Command remotely), and with outsourced e-mail only tech support, it's hard to get the issue elevated.
The reason I'd rather use a service like that over the free VNC is security. Yes, I know I can tunnel VNC connection over SSH, but between messing around with the firewall, and the fact that I can only use web ports (80 and 443) out of the work's PC, it's just easier to pay someone to do it :-) Plus, I do like the phone pin code authentication that PCNow has. If I could only solve that CTRL key issue! :-)
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